《Artificial》的剧本由《An American Pickle》的编剧Simon Rich执笔,讲的是2023年11月那场持续不到一周的OpenAI”政变”——Altman被董事会开除,随后微软表示要雇他,几百名OpenAI员工联名威胁集体辞职,最后Altman回来,董事会几乎全部换人。光看这个故事本身,戏剧性已经足够拍一部精彩的电影了。
“We have the utmost respect and admiration for Luca Guadagnino as an award-winning filmmaker – not to mention a longstanding relationship that we hope to continue. We believe that Artificial will be better served if it were released by a different studio.”
—— Amazon MGM声明
导演Luca Guadagnino是拍《请以你的名字呼唤我》(Call Me by Your Name)和《挑战者》(Challengers)的导演,擅长处理复杂人际关系和情感张力。编剧是《SNL》出身的Simon Rich,幽默感有保障。演员阵容里,Andrew Garfield演Altman,Monica Barbaro(《鲍勃·迪伦的完整未知》主演)演Mira Murati,Ike Barinholtz演Elon Musk——这个选角本身就很有话题性。
这部电影原本是Amazon和Guadagnino继《挑战者》和《After the Hunt》之后的第三次合作,关系不可谓不深。现在分手的场面,多少有点难看。