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Amazon MGM steps back from releasing film 'Artificial'
Original: “Artificial arrives with off-screen baggage that has only raised its profile. # Amazon # MGM Studios developed and finan
The film 'Artificial', developed and financed by Amazon and MGM Studios, will not be released by the company after a June decision to drop it. The timing drew attention because it came just months after Amazon invested $50 million in a related venture, and the off-screen controversy surrounding the film has only increased interest in it.
Why now: The apparent conflict between Amazon's financing, its investment elsewhere, and its refusal to release the film is raising questions.
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- “Artificial arrives with off-screen baggage that has only raised its profile. # Amazon # MGM Studios developed and financed the film, but in June announced that they would not release it. The timing raised eyebrows because, four months before that, Amazon invested $50m in a… · peterrenshaw@ioc.exchange · 3
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