Washington DC, June 19 -- Luca Guadagnino's nearly finished Sam Altman movie, 'Artificial', has been dropped by Amazon MGM Studios, reported Variety.

According to the outlet, the film, starring Andrew Garfield as the controversial OpenAI CEO, will be shopped to other studios.

The move notably comes after Amazon struck a massive partnership with the tech company in February to expand OpenAI's use of Amazon Web Services and develop custom AI models, which included a 50 billion USD investment on Amazon's part.

"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," a spokesperson for Amazon said as quoted by Variety.

"We believe th...