Andrew Garfield has formally signed on to star in Luca Guadagnino’s Synthetic, only a month after it was reported that he was in early talks for the mission. Moreover, Deadline studies that Cooper Koch, who broke out in a giant approach because of taking part in Erik Menendez in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, has additionally joined the solid. Anora‘s Yura Borisov will even star within the movie, which is described as a “comedic drama set on this planet of synthetic intelligence.“
The movie recounts the tumultuous interval at synthetic intelligence firm OpenAI in 2023, when CEO Sam Altman was fired and rehired in a matter of days. It’s assumed that Garfield will play Altman, whereas Borisov will play Ilya Sutskever, a co-founder who led the motion besides Altman out of the corporate. There isn’t a phrase on who Koch can be taking part in. Monica Barbaro (A Full Unknown) stays in talks to play chief know-how officer Mira Murati.
The script was penned by Simon Wealthy (Miracle Employees), who will even produce alongside Heyday Movies’ David Heyman and Jeffrey Clifford, in addition to Jennifer Fox.
Guadagnino was initially slated to direct Sgt. Rock for DC Studios this summer season, however the mission was pushed again and the director rapidly crammed his schedule with Synthetic. There’s nonetheless an opportunity Guadagnino might return to the mission. No official purpose has been given for the delay, although sources recommend it got here all the way down to scheduling conflicts because of the mission’s plan to shoot open air. Manufacturing is now being eyed for summer season 2026. There have been additionally reported considerations about Guadagnino’s lack of expertise with large-scale motion.
As for Garfield, his subsequent mission additionally occurs to be a Guadagnino flick. He stars alongside Julia Roberts and Ayo Edebiri in After the Hunt, a thriller wherein a university professor (Roberts) finds herself at a private {and professional} crossroads when a star pupil ranges an accusation in opposition to one among her colleagues and a darkish secret from her personal previous threatens to come back to gentle. The movie can be launched by Amazon MGM Studios on October 10.