Ike Barinholtz cast as Elon Musk in OpenAI film from Luca Guadagnino | Movies

The Studio’s Ike Barinholtz is ready to play Elon Musk in Synthetic, the Luca Guadagnino-directed movie about Sam Altman and OpenAI.Barinholtz was nominated for an Emmy for his function as manufacturing govt Sal Saperstein within the acclaimed comedy collection co-created by, amongst others, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, in addition to appearing as one of many co-creators of Kate Hudson sports-comedy collection Working Level.Musk was one of many co-founders of OpenAI in 2015, together with Altman and a string of others; nevertheless, he left the corporate in 2018 and began a rival agency known as xAI in 2023. Musk and OpenAI have been at loggerheads since, with a string of authorized claims on either side. Musk has accused OpenAI of abandoning its unique charitable mission by establishing a for-profit subsidiary, and in August 2024 launched authorized motion in opposition to the corporate claiming he was manipulated into co-founding it, saying: “The perfidy and deceit is of Shakespearean proportions.” Musk subsequently tried a takeover of the corporate in 2025; his $97.4bn bid for OpenAI was rebuffed, with Altman posting on social media: “no thanks however we are going to purchase twitter for $9.74 billion if you need.” In April, OpenAI countersued Musk for what it claimed had been his “malicious campaigns” and “harassing authorized claims”.Though plot particulars haven’t been confirmed, Guadagnino’s movie is alleged to focus on the transient interval of behind-the-scenes drama when Altman was fired and re-hired as OpenAI CEO inside a matter of days in November 2024. The board had claimed Altman was not “constantly candid in his communications”, however Altman was reinstated after lots of the firm’s staff threatened to stop.Andrew Garfield, Monica Barbaro and Anora’s Yura Borisov have reportedly been forged within the movie, although their roles haven’t been clarified. The author has been confirmed as novelist Simon Wealthy, a former contributor to the Observer and author of Rogen comedy An American Pickle. Guadagnino has simply accomplished thriller After the Hunt, starring Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri and Garfield, which is because of obtain its world premiere on the Venice movie pageant.