'Artificial' Submitted As Comedy (Exclusive)
The Hollywood Reporter • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Neon has submitted Luca Guadagnino’s film Artificial for Golden Globes consideration in the musical/comedy categories, rather than drama, just before the submission deadline.
- The film, which depicts the rise of artificial intelligence and features portrayals of OpenAI co-founders Sam Altman and Elon Musk, was dropped by Amazon/MGM but picked up by Neon and received rave reviews.
- This categorization affects the film’s competition, placing it against musicals and comedies like Wild Horse Nine and Project Hail Mary, and impacting lead actor Yura Borisov’s race against actors such as John Malkovich and Ryan Gosling.
- Andrew Garfield, portraying Sam Altman, is a strong awards contender in the supporting actor category, while Monica Barbaro is up for best supporting actress for her role as OpenAI CTO Mira Murati.
- The decision to enter Artificial as a comedy is supported by its humor and writer Simon Rich’s background, despite its serious themes about AI, paralleling past tech films like The Social Network which competed as dramas.
