Artificial marks the first feature that O'Dowd is doing since 2022's big-budget fantasy, Slumberland. The Tony Award–nominated and Emmy-winning actor most recently created, directed, and starred in the original Sky series Small Town, Big Story and is generating Emmy buzz for his Black Mirror episode "Common People."

EXCLUSIVE: Billie Lourd is set to join the ensemble of the upcoming Amazon MGM Studios AI pic Artificial, which Luca Guadagnino is directing. Lourd joins a cast that already includes Andrew Garfield, Yura Borisov, Monica Barbaro, Jason Schwartzman, Cooper Koch , Cooper Hoffman and Ike Barinholtz.

Chris O’Dowd has joined the cast of Luca Guadagnino’s “Artificial,” Amazon MGM Studios announced on Tuesday. He joins previously announced cast members Andrew Garfield, Yura Borisov, Monica Barbaro, Jason Schwartzman, Cooper Hoffman, Ike Barinholtz, Cooper Koch, Billie Lourd, and Zosia Mamet. Details about Dowd’s role are being kept under wraps.

While unconfirmed, reports state that the Hollywood film Artificial revolves around the period at OpenAI in 2023 that saw CEO Sam Altman fired and rehired

Chris O’Dowd is set to star in Luca Guadagnino's comedic drama Artificial, alongside Andrew Garfield, Cooper Koch, Yura Borisov, Monica Barbaro and Jason Schwartzman.