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Movie Name: Artificial
Directed by: Luca Guadagnino
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Yura Borisov, Monica Barbaro, Cooper Hoffman, Jason Schwartzman, Chris O’Dowd, Ike Barinholtz, Mark Rylance
Genre: Biography, Drama, Comedy
Running Time: 140 Minutes
Release Date: December 25, 2026
Languages: English
Production House: Heyday Films, JF Films, Frenesy Film Company
Budget: $- million
Follows the confusing firing and rehiring cycle of Sam Altman at OpenAI where the board gained control of the company and removed him and Altman still returned.
Artificial: Movie Overview
Artificial is an upcoming biographical comedy drama film directed and co-produced by Luca Guadagnino and written by Simon Rich. It stars Andrew Garfield as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and centers on his controversial firing and rehiring in 2023. The ensemble cast also features Yura Borisov, Monica Barbaro, Cooper Hoffman, Jason Schwartzman, Chris O’Dowd, Ike Barinholtz, and Mark Rylance.
The film will have its world premiere at the 2026 New York Film Festival on October 5, 2026, and is expected to be theatrically released in the United States by Neon on December 25.
Starring Andrew Garfield, Yura Borisov, Monica Barbaro, Ike Barinholtz, Cooper Hoffman, Jason Schwartzman, and Mark Rylance. In select theaters Christmas Day.
Principal photography began on July 30, 2025, in San Francisco at Mission Dolores Park and continued in Turin, Italy. Filming wrapped in October. Malik Hassan Sayeed is the director of photography, marking his second collaboration with Guadagnino after After the Hunt (2025).
Damon Albarn, the main vocalist and lyricist of the British band Blur and co-creator of the British virtual band Gorillaz, composed the soundtrack and provided original songs for the film, his first collaboration with Guadagnino.
