Andrew Garfield has formally signed on to star in director Luca Guadagnino’s Synthetic alongside Cooper Koch.
The Superb Spider-Man actor, 41, is about to steer the filmmaker’s upcoming synthetic intelligence film with Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story breakout star Koch, 28, Deadline has stated.
Described as a “comedic drama set on the planet of synthetic intelligence”, Synthetic will reportedly be set in 2023 when OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was fired and subsequently rehired on the firm in a matter of days.
Anora’s Yura Borisov can also be because of star within the movie, although it has not been confirmed what position he has signed on to play.
Whereas little is understood in regards to the character Koch can be enjoying in Synthetic, it’s assumed that Garfield is because of painting Altman, whereas Borisov takes on the position of Ilya Sutskever – a co-founder who led the motion to take away Altman from OpenAI.
A Full Unknown’s Monica Barbaro can also be nonetheless in talks to play chief know-how officer Mira Murati.
Author Simon Wealthy has penned the script and is about to supply 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 because of launch in October.
When the mission was introduced in June, David Heyman stated: “We’ve all the time wished to work with Luca. His expertise, his sensibility – he’s a singular filmmaker, and I’m excited to be collaborating with him on this.”
Apart from Synthetic and After the Hunt, Guadagnino can also 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 stated: “We’re actually working exhausting to convey 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.”
Though the director didn’t verify casting particulars, he hinted he was in “dialog with very thrilling performers to play the leads”.
Studies from December urged Austin Butler had been lined as much as play Patrick Bateman, the position made well-known by Christian Bale within the unique 2000 movie.
Guadagnino’s model, nonetheless, gained’t be a direct remake, and has as a substitute been promised as a contemporary strategy with a heightened erotic tone in comparison with the unique.
Lionsgate movie chief Adam Fogelson has praised the director’s imaginative and prescient, calling him the “good visionary” to steer the mission.
He stated in a press release: “We’re thrilled so as to add one other elite filmmaker to our upcoming slate. Luca is an excellent artist, and the proper visionary to create an entire new interpretation of this potent and basic IP.”
