Artificial teaser: Andrew Garfields Sam Altman movie gets unsettling first look

Andrew Garfield steps into the role of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in the first teaser for Luca Guadagnino's Artificial, which leaves a haunting impression. The biopic focuses on Altman's dismissal and subsequent reinstatement at OpenAI in 2023. It also covers the birth of the artificial intelligence enterprise and the unveiling of ChatGPT.

Anora's Yura Borisov portrays OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever, while Ike Barinholtz takes on the role of Elon Musk, another cofounder of OpenAI. Andrew Garfield's Altman tells Borisov's Sutskever, "We opened Pandora's box together. The future's inevitable. Countries will fall. Industries are gonna collapse, and we get to be the ones to guide people into this new world."

Artificial is among numerous high-profile films exploring influential tech CEOs slated for release this fall. Among them are Alex Gibney's Musk, a comprehensive four-hour documentary about the Tesla/SpaceX CEO, and Aaron Sorkin's The Social Reckoning, a sequel to The Social Network featuring Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg. However, Artificial nearly did not see a release.

Its original distributor, Amazon MGM, pulled the film in June, just months after signing a multi-year agreement with OpenAI. Neon subsequently acquired the film, and it is scheduled to premiere at the New York Film Festival. The cast also includes Monica Barbaro as Mira Murati, OpenAI's former CTO and interim CEO, and Cooper Hoffman as Greg Brockman, current president of OpenAI.

Other notable actors are Jason Schwartzman, Chris O'Dowd, and Mark Rylance. Artificial is set to hit theaters on December 25. For more film and TV news and reviews, subscribe to Mashable’s Top Stories newsletter or enable push alerts.