AI-themed film to depict drama at Elon Musk company

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24 Jul 2025 • 7:36 PM MYT
The Independent
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  • Ike Barinholtz is reportedly in talks to portray Elon Musk in a new film titled Artificial.
  • The AI-themed film, directed by Challengers director Luca Guadagnino, is being produced by Amazon-MGM studios.
  • Early reports suggest the movie will depict the tumultuous period at OpenAI in 2023, when CEO Sam Altman was briefly fired and rehired.
  • Elon Musk co-founded OpenAI, which is now best known for ChatGPT, in 2015 but later expressed concerns about the company's direction and the effects of its technology.
  • The cast is also said to include Yura Borisov, Andrew Garfield, and Cooper Koch, with the script written by Simon Rich.

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