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Neon Acquires Andrew Garfield’s “Artificial” After Amazon Drop

By Drooid · Oct 8, 2026, 5:26 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Andrew Garfield Portrays Altman

Andrew Garfield portrays OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in the film “Artificial.”
Amazon MGM Studios dropped “Artificial” after its $50 billion OpenAI investment.
Indie distributor Neon subsequently acquired the film.
The movie opens in U.S. cinemas on December 25, 2026, and in the U.K. on January 7, 2027.
Garfield stopped using ChatGPT, calling it “scary,” after spending two to three months studying Altman footage.

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Cosmo Jarvis Plays Wat

The Uprising opens in the UK and Ireland on Friday, 9 October 2026.
Director Paul Greengrass uses handheld documentary style for the battle scenes.
The story begins in the Essex village of Fobbing, the revolt’s historic spark.
Professor Adrian Bell’s People of 1381 database maps participants with judicial, poll-tax records and GIS.
Cosmo Jarvis plays Wat Tyler, Jamie Bell plays John Ball, and Tom Hollander plays Sir Robert Hales.

History

Historical Context

When Warner Bros. launched The Matrix on March 31 1999, the Wachowski siblings introduced a cyber-punk vision of sentient machines that sparked global debate and earned over $460 million worldwide on a $63 million budget. Its blend of anime-inspired wire-fu, philosophical references and the “red pill” metaphor reshaped action cinema and set a template for later tech-focused films such as Artificial and The Uprising.

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Andrew Garfield Portrays Altman

Andrew Garfield portrays OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in the film “Artificial.”
Amazon MGM Studios dropped “Artificial” after its $50 billion OpenAI investment.
Indie distributor Neon subsequently acquired the film.
The movie opens in U.S. cinemas on December 25, 2026, and in the U.K. on January 7, 2027.
Garfield stopped using ChatGPT, calling it “scary,” after spending two to three months studying Altman footage.

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