Amazon MGM Studios dropped the biographical drama *Artificial* about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman from its original 2027 release slate on June 19, after the movie was greenlit into production and completed principal photography. A source told *Variety* that its scathing portraits of Altman and trillionaire Elon Musk chilled the studio; Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos maintains a close connection to Altman, who was a guest at Bezos' wedding last year, and in January 2026, Amazon announced a $50 billion investment in OpenAI. An Amazon spokesperson stated they believe the film "will be better served if it were released by a different studio." Attempts to sell the movie to Netflix, Focus Features, and A24 did not come to pass. The film, directed by Luca Guadagnino, stars Andrew Garfield as Altman during his November 2023 firing and reinstatement. On the podcast *The Town*, host Matthew Belloni, who read the script, said it is "so critical of Altman and the AI race" that "no major corporation would take a chance on it," describing it as "*Social Network* kind of on steroids" with a message that the figures "could potentially end the world." The film was subsequently picked up by Neon.