‘Artificial' Trailer: First Look at Andrew Garfield as Sam Altman in Creepy Biopic

The unsettling teaser trailer is here for filmmaker Luca Guadagnino's take on the OpenAI CEO: 'Countries will fall. Industries are going to collapse' Amid shots of Altman going to work a rather creepy Garfield-as-Altman narrates: 'We're going to call it ChatGPT. We open Pandora's box together. The future is inevitable. Countries will fall. Industries are going to collapse. And we get to be the ones to shepherd people into this new world world. I'm so excited to see it. ' actor previously got candid about portraying the executive who has helped spearhead the AI revolution.. 'I don't know Sam Altman. I've never met him. I was going off of the script and court transcripts and interviews and research, and we were telling a story. But I think anyone who takes on that level of responsibility for a company or a technology that you know is going to do a hell of a lot of damage to the soul of humanity a certain ability to dissociate. ' The film was famously dropped by Amazon MGM Studios, which developed and financed the project then walked away from distributing the movie after announcing a $50 billion partnership and investment that involved OpenAI. The company released a statement saying the film would 'be better served if it were released by a different studio. ' The film was then rescued by Neon. The ensemble cast also stars Monica Barbaro, Yura Borisov, Mark Rylance, Ike Barinholtz, Jason Schwartzman, Zosia Mamet, Cooper Hoffman, Chris O'Dowd, Cooper Koch and Billie Lourd.will have its world premiere at the 2026 New York Film Festival on Oct. 5, and will be theatrically released by Neon on Dec. 25. Josh Heuston Josh Heuston to Star in Amazon MGM's 'Throttled' Adaptation of Lauren Asher's Bestselling 'Dirty Air' SeriesThe Hollywood Reporter is a part of PMX Global, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Media Corporation. © 2026 The Hollywood Reporter, LLC. All rights reserved.