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Neon Agrees to Distribute 'Artificial' Film With No Money Guarantee
Neon took on the Luca Guadagnino-directed project after Amazon MGM dropped it and other studios passed. The film has a reported budget of $40 million to $50 million and stars Andrew Garfield as Sam Altman. nypost.com reported the distribution terms.
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Neon agreed to distribute the Luca Guadagnino-directed film "Artificial" with no money guarantee, nypost.com reported. The project carries a budget in the $40 million to $50 million range. Amazon bought the pitch for "Artificial" in 2023.
Amazon MGM later dropped the project. Netflix, Focus, and A24 also passed on it before Neon acquired the rights. Andrew Garfield is cast as Sam Altman. Yura Borisov plays Ilya Sutskever and Ike Barinholtz is also in the cast.
The timing follows business ties between Amazon and OpenAI. OpenAI signed a $38 billion deal with Amazon Web Services in November. Three months later the companies announced a strategic partnership under which Amazon will invest $50 billion in OpenAI when certain conditions are met.
Other projects touching tech figures show mixed progress. Darren Aronofsky’s film about Elon Musk remains in development at A24 three years after its announcement. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s project "Killing Gawker," which features Peter Thiel, is not in development at Netflix.
Aaron Sorkin’s film "The Social Reckoning," starring Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg, is scheduled for theatrical release by Sony on October 9. " President Trump disclosed he made a $10.7 million licensing fee on the project.
