The makers of Artificial have released the trailer of Luca Guadagnino‘s upcoming film, starring Andrew Garfield in the lead role. 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 Yura Borisov portrays former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever and Mark Rylance stars as 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 distributor Neon shared the trailer on their X handle as well.

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 USD 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 Features passed on the project, Neon signed on to distribute Artificial in June 2026.

Guadagnino directed the film, written by Saturday Night Live (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 on Christmas Day this year.