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Title: Amazon is already making a movie about the 2023 OpenAI and Sam Altman
boardroom drama

Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:30:30 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/amazon...

Amazon's MGM Studios is fast-tracking a movie called Artificial about
OpenAI's 2023 boardroom drama that saw CEO Sam Altman fired and then rehired,
according to The Hollywood Reporter. Luca Guadagnino (Challengers, After the
Hunt) is in talks to direct and A-list actors including Andrew Garfield and
Monica Barbero are reportedly interested. Shooting may start as soon as this
summer in Italy and San Francisco.

The timeline of OpenAI's travails took place over just a week and unfolded
like a telenovela. It commenced with the shocking termination of Altman on
November 17, 2024, reportedly for not being "consistently candid" with the
board. Microsoft, a close OpenAI partner, was furious with the decision and
announced shortly afterward that it was starting its own AI division with
Altman at the head.

Later, the entire OpenAI staff told the board in an open letter that it would
resign and join the new Microsoft subsidiary if Altman didn't return to the
company as CEO. Things were looking dire until the last minute when the board
finally caved and hired Altman back. OpenAI's original board was also
disbanded and replaced with a temporary three-man board.

With that level of corporate intrigue and hundreds of billions of dollars at
stake, it's easy to see why Amazon wants to be first with a movie on the
subject. The movie could star Garfield as Altman, Barbero as CTO Mira Murati
and Yura Borisov (Anora) as Ilya Sutskever, an OpenAI co-founder who
spearheaded the charge to fire Altman.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/amazon...
the-2023-openai-and-sam-altman-boardroom-drama-133030837.html?src=rss

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