Chris O’Dowd is ready to star in Synthetic.
Based on The Hollywood Reporter, the Bridesmaids actor has joined the forged of Luca Guadagnino’s comedic drama, which is reported to be a recounting of the rocky interval at OpenAI in 2023 the place CEO Sam Altman was fired and rehired in a matter of days.
Andrew Garfield, Cooper Koch, Yura Borisov, Monica Barbaro, Jason Schwartzman, Cooper Hoffman, Ike Barinholtz and Billie Lourd have already been forged within the ensemble movie, which is at present capturing.
It’s assumed that Garfield is portraying Altman, whereas Borisov takes on the position of Ilya Sutskever – a co-founder who led the motion to take away Altman from OpenAI, and A Full Unknown actress Barbaro enjoying chief know-how officer Mira Murati.
No particulars on O’Dowd’s position have been revealed.
Author Simon Wealthy has penned the script and is producing alongside Heyday Movies’ David Heyman and Jeffrey Clifford, in addition to Jennifer Fox.
Synthetic will mark the third collaboration between Guadagnino and Amazin MGM Studios after they labored on 2024’s Challengers and the upcoming thriller After the Hunt, which additionally stars Garfield and is due for launch in October.
When the mission was introduced in June, David Heyman mentioned: “We’ve at all times needed to work with Luca. His expertise, his sensibility – he’s a singular filmmaker, and I’m excited to be collaborating with him on this.”
Other than Synthetic and After the Hunt, Guadagnino can be engaged on a brand new film adaptation of writer Bret Easton Ellis’ 1991 novel American Psycho.
In April, the director teased “the script is popping out very handsomely” for the movie as he and author Scott Z. Burns proceed to work on the film.
Showing in a video phase at CinemaCon, Guadagnino mentioned: “We’re actually working exhausting to deliver to the display a brand new adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ American Psycho, a guide that I deeply love that’s one thing that influenced me a lot.
“[Burns] is doing an unbelievable job. The script is popping out very handsomely.”
