Hot off his acclaimed turn in Apple’s The Studio, which earned him his first Emmy nomination, Ike Barinholtz has been cast as Elon Musk in Luca Guadagnino’s new AI-themed feature for Amazon MGM Studios, Deadline has learned.
Barinholtz joins an ensemble that also includes Anora breakout Yura Borisov, Andrew Garfield, and Cooper Koch.
Official plot details for the film are being kept under wraps, although it’s described as a comedic drama set in the world of artificial intelligence. While unconfirmed, sources say the film revolves around the period at the artificial intelligence company OpenAI in 2023 that saw CEO Sam Altman fired and rehired in a matter of days.
Simon Rich wrote the script and will produce alongside Heyday Films’ David Heyman and Jeffrey Clifford, as well as Jennifer Fox. The project was first announced in early June.
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