{"id":611440,"date":"2026-09-01T18:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T18:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/611440\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T18:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T18:20:10","slug":"first-look-at-andrew-garfields-highly-anticipated-drama-as-it-confirms-first-uk-screening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/611440\/","title":{"rendered":"First look at Andrew Garfield&#8217;s highly-anticipated drama as it confirms first UK screening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"3\" class=\"css-1ncddsh emevuu60\">Luca Guadagino&#8217;s new movie starring Andrew Garfield as OpenAI founder Sam Altman has just released a first-look image ahead of its UK debut. Titled Artificial, the film follows the tumultuous days of Altman being fired and reinstated as CEO within a week in November 2023.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"9\" class=\"css-1ncddsh emevuu60\">Years after Garfield played Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin in David Fincher&#8217;s The Social Network, the star is back on the big screen in the role of a real-life tech entrepreneur in Altman, who&#8217;s been at the helm of OpenAI, the AI company which developed ChatGPT, since 2019.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"13\" class=\"css-1ncddsh emevuu60\">Acquired by Neon after Amazon MGM Studios dropped it in June this year, Artificial boasts a stacked cast, including Top Gun: Maverick star Monica Barbaro as Open AI&#8217;s chief technology officer Mira Murati, Yura Borisov as the OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever who ousts Altman, and The Studio&#8217;s Ike Barinholtz as Elon Musk.<\/p>\n<p><img draggable=\"true\" alt=\"andrew garfield, yura borisov, artificial\" title=\"Andrew Garfield, Yura Borisov, Artificial\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;width:100%;height:auto;\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/583dead1-326b-427b-9119-1edbf1d750ca.jpg\" class=\"css-0 e1ddfba50\"\/><\/p>\n<p>NEON<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"18\" class=\"css-1ncddsh emevuu60\">Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/movies\/a29669\/uk-film-release-dates\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/movies\/a29669\/uk-film-release-dates\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"UK film release dates\" data-node-id=\"18.0.1\" class=\"body-link css-1gyyefe emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UK film release dates<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"22\" class=\"css-1ncddsh emevuu60\">The film has confirmed its first UK screening on 11 October as part of the 70th BFI London Film Festival, which runs in cinemas across the capital between 7 and 18 October. Prior to its UK debut, Artificial will receive its world premiere at New York Film Festival on 5 October.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"26\" class=\"css-1ncddsh emevuu60\">Earlier this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/film\/global\/luca-guadagnino-sam-altman-movie-artificial-dropped-amazon-1236785830\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/film\/global\/luca-guadagnino-sam-altman-movie-artificial-dropped-amazon-1236785830\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Variety\" data-node-id=\"26.1.0\" class=\"body-link css-1gyyefe emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Variety<\/a> reported that Amazon MGM Studios had dropped Guadagnino&#8217;s nearly finished film amid Amazon&#8217;s new partnership with OpenAI, which aimed to expand OpenAI&#8217;s use of Amazon Web Services and develop custom AI models and saw a significant investment on Amazon&#8217;s part. <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"31\" class=\"css-1ncddsh emevuu60\">&#8220;We have the utmost respect and admiration for Luca Guadagnino as an award-winning filmmaker \u2014 not to mention a longstanding relationship that we hope to continue,&#8221; a spokesperson for Amazon said at the time. &#8220;We believe that Artificial will be better served if it were released by a different studio and are working closely with the filmmaking team to find the film a new home.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"35\" class=\"css-1ncddsh emevuu60\">Artificial will receive its world premiere at New York Film Festival. 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After graduating from City University, London, she covered LGBTQ+ news and pursued a career in entertainment journalism, with her work appearing in outlets including Little White Lies, The Skinny, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/author\/stefaniasarrubba\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Radio Times<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Digital Spy<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Her beats are horror films and period dramas, especially if fronted by queer women. 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