Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Artificial’ will no longer be released by Amazon MGM Studios
Luca Guadagnino attends the Dior Homme Menswear Fall/Winter 2026-2027 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on Jan. 21, 2026, in Paris, France. (Peter White/Getty Images)
Artificial, the upcoming film by director Luca Guadagnino, will no longer be released by Amazon MGM Studios.
The studio confirmed the news to ABC Audio on Friday.
“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,” an Amazon spokesperson said in a statement. “We believe that Artificial will be better served if it were released by a different studio and are working closely with the filmmaking team to find the film a new home.”
Artificial is described as a comedic drama about the world of artificial intelligence. It explores Sam Altman’s OpenAI during a period in 2023 when Altman was fired and rehired in a matter of days. It is directed by Guadagnino from a script by Saturday Night Live alum Simon Rich.
The film’s cast includes Mark Rylance, Andrew Garfield, Yura Borisov, Monica Barbaro, Billie Lourd, Jason Schwartzman, Cooper Koch, Cooper Hoffman and Ike Barinholtz.
It would have reunited Guadagnino and Amazon MGM Studios after he directed the 2024 film Challengers for the studio, as well as 2025’s After the Hunt.
Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke and Donald Faison appear in this image from season 2 of ‘Scrubs’ revival. (Sergei Bachlakov/Disney)
We are scrubbing in for another season of Scrubs.
Season 2 of the revival series kicks off Thursday night on ABC and ahead of the new season, some of the cast spoke with ABC News Digital about what fans can expect.
“I’m really excited for fans to see what we’ve got cooked up for them,” Faison told ABC News Digital. “I know they are, too. I know Zach (Braff) and Sarah (Chalke) are, too.”
In season 1 of the Scrubs revival, fans saw the return of J.D. (Braff) as the chief of medicine at Sacred Heart Hospital and reuniting with Turk (Faison), Elliot (Chalke) and other staffers.
Additionally, the season saw J.D., Turk and Elliot mentoring a new generation of residents like Tosh (Ava Bunn).
“It’s fun watching the young actors take on the roles. It’s fun sort of being the older mentor in both real life and in the story of the show,” Braff said.
He added, “The show used to be focused on the interns and now, it’s focused on the teachers.”
Chalke said, “We feel like we won the lottery with all those kids because they’re as nice human beings as they are talented.”
Bunn said it meant a lot to her and the new cast to see the loyal fan base of Scrubs embrace the new cast and the revival, adding that Braff, Faison and Chalke have been “welcoming and supportive.”
She also said that she is excited for fans to see all the new plot lines that are explored in season 2, especially how the residents at Sacred Heart are navigating their roles.
“It’s been really cool to watch the characters grow together,” Bunn said.
She added, “There’s so many fun things that pop up this season. I wish I could tell you all of them right now, but there’s just a lot of fun new things happening in the hospital that I’m excited for people to see.”
The revival for Scrubs aired in February after it was announced in 2024 that a continuation of the hit show was being developed by show creator Bill Lawrence for ABC and 20th Television.
Scrubs originally aired for nine seasons from 2001 to 2010 and followed the medical staff at Sacred Heart Hospital, including interns, doctors and other employees, from the point of view of Braff’s character.
The two-episode series premiere of the second season of the Scrubs revival airs Thursday on ABC at 8 p.m. ET. It will stream the next day on Hulu.
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Robert Pattinson attends the world premiere of ‘The Odyssey’ at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on July 6, 2026, in London, England. (Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images)
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Pattison referenced Twilight in a recent interview with MTV on the red carpet at The Odyssey‘s U.K. premiere.
The actor famously played the perpetual teenage vampire Edward in all five of the Twilight films. He evoked the franchise that made him into a star when he was asked if it is fun to play a character that everyone isn’t rooting for.
“I think they will be rooting for him,” Pattinson said. “I keep comparing. It’s kind of like Jacob in Twilight.”
Pattinson plays Antinous in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming adaptation of Homer’s epic poem. His character pursues Penelope after her husband, Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, fails to return home almost a decade after the Trojan War. Eventually, Penelope assumes Odysseus must have died during the treacherous journey.
“What The Odyssey is about, Penelope just can’t make her mind up between the two guys,” Pattinson said. “And I’m just trying to help her make a decision.”
Pattinson then looked right into the camera before he said, “It’s like, it’s fine, he’s dead. Get over it.”
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