Washington, DC: The trailer for Luca Guadagnino's 'Artificial,' starring Andrew Garfield has been released by the makers.
The actor stars as OpenAI founder Sam Altman and centres on the scandal that erupted when he was suddenly fired in 2023 and then reinstated only five days later.
Garfield stars as Altman amidst the pressure of the AI arms race, with Ike Barinholtz as co-founder Elon Musk. Monica Barbaro plays former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, 'Anora' breakout star Yura Borisov is former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, and Mark Rylance plays Nobel Prize winner Geoffrey Hinton. Jason Schwartzman, Zosia Mamet, Cooper Hoffman, Chris O’Dowd, Cooper Koch and Billie Lourd also appear in the film.
The film's production house shared the trailer on its X handle.
The first trailer for Luca Guadagnino’s ‘ARTIFICIAL,’ starring Andrew Garfield, has been released.In theaters this Christmas. pic.twitter.com/CY2mBeKDrs
According to Variety, after originally planning to release 'Artificial' worldwide, Amazon MGM notably dropped the project earlier this year (notably, after it signed a major partnership with OpenAI and invested $50 billion into the company).
Explaining the decision, Amazon MGM Studios said it would “be better served if it were released by a different studio.” After Netflix, A24 and Focus passed on the project, Neon signed on to distribute “Artificial” in June 2026.
Guadagnino directed the film, written by 'SNL' alum Simon Rich. The two co-produced alongside David Heyman, Jeffrey Clifford and Jennifer Fox.
With the Amazon controversy and particularly timely subject matter, 'Artificial' could overcome its rocky release and muscle its way into Oscar consideration. The film is slated to release at Christmas this year.