{"id":1944,"date":"2026-06-21T19:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T19:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailycelebnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/21\/netflix-focus-pass-on-luca-guadagninos-artificial-after-amazon-mgm-studios-dropped-sam-altman-openai-movie\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T01:41:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T01:41:07","slug":"netflix-focus-pass-on-luca-guadagninos-artificial-after-amazon-mgm-studios-dropped-sam-altman-openai-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailycelebnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/21\/netflix-focus-pass-on-luca-guadagninos-artificial-after-amazon-mgm-studios-dropped-sam-altman-openai-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix, Focus Cross on Luca Guadagnino\u2019s \u2018Synthetic\u2019 After Amazon MGM Studios Dropped Sam Altman-OpenAI Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tEach Netflix and Focus Options have handed on buying Luca Guadagnino\u2018s Synthetic film after the nearly-completed movie was abruptly dropped by Amazon MGM Studios, sources have confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tIn the meantime, A24 is alleged to have screened the movie however its standing within the race to amass the Sam Altman\u2013OpenAI comedic drama stays unclear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tSources are saying that Mubi is wanting on the undertaking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tFocus, Netflix and A24 couldn&#8217;t be reached for remark. Moreover, fellow indies Mubi and Neon haven&#8217;t but responded to THR\u2018s requests for remark following a report they had been pursuing the movie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAmazon MGM Studios confirmed Friday that it could not be releasing the film, the casting for which \u2014 Andrew Garfield as Altman and Ike Barinholtz as Elon Musk \u2014 has already made headlines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cNow we have the utmost respect and admiration for Luca Guadagnino as an award-winning filmmaker \u2014 to not point out a longstanding relationship that we hope to proceed,\u201d a spokesperson for Amazon instructed THR.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cWe imagine that Synthetic shall be higher served if it had been launched by a unique studio and are working carefully with the filmmaking crew to search out the movie a brand new residence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tStories, originating in Puck on Friday, mentioned the choice got here from Amazon MGM Studios boss Mike Hopkins, who relayed the information to Guadagnino and the movie\u2019s producers. The transfer, as Guadagnino is alleged to have nearly accomplished work on the movie, comes only a few months after information broke that Amazon would make investments $50 billion in OpenAI as a part of a multi-year strategic partnership.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe movie has been described as a Social Community-esque characteristic that covers the tumultuous 2023 interval during which Altman, amid AI security issues and studies of abusive habits, was fired and rehired by OpenAI inside a matter of days. The solid additionally consists of Anora breakout Yura Borisov as OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever, who reportedly led the motion to do away with Altman, in addition to Monica Barbaro, Jason Schwartzman, Cooper Hoffman, Mark Rylance, Cooper Koch, Billie Lourd, Zosia\u00a0Mamet, Chris O\u2019Dowd, Will Angus, Thaddea Graham, Nicholas Hamilton, Angus Imrie and Will Worth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tTake a look at screenings of Synthetic have obtained a \u201cheat reception,\u201d Puck reported, however the film\u2019s depictions of Altman and Musk are usually not seen as completely flattering.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAltman was among the many high-profile company at Jeff Bezos\u2019 star-studded wedding ceremony to Lauren Sanchez in Venice final yr.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAmazon MGM has launched previous Guadagnino movies After the Hunt and Challengers and MGM and Amazon individually distributed Bones and All and Suspiria, respectively. Guadagnino\u2019s additionally had movies launched by Sony Photos Classics (Name Me by Your Identify) and A24 (Queer).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tSynthetic, written by Simon Wealthy, is being produced by Wealthy, Guadagnino, Heyday Movies\u2019 David Heyman and Jeffrey Clifford and Jennifer Fox.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/netflix-focus-pass-openai-sam-altman-movie-luca-guadagnino-1236626845\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each Netflix and Focus Options have handed on buying Luca Guadagnino\u2018s Synthetic film after the nearly-completed movie was abruptly dropped by Amazon MGM Studios, sources have confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. 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