[schmichael]

Amazon dropped the movie after announcing a partnership with OpenAI. The headline clearly communicates the only demonstrable action Amazon has taken.

Whether they're actually going to sell it is TBD. Until they do, they've taken no concrete action except cancel it. I don't think this article is clickbait.

[testbjjl]

Watching what is done versus what is said is an increasingly important executive level function when words can be generated for just a few tokens.

[cyanydeez]

and if you have an attention span longer than a goldfish, you'll see how often headlines are propagated in lieu of actions.

[ulfw]

You don't need "tokens" to lie

See Trump

[n2d4]

What makes you think they've canceled it? Did you read past the headline?

What should they have done here — keep the movie despite the obvious conflict of interest? Be more secretive about the fact they're trying to separate so no one can write articles like these?

If they did the right thing, it would look exactly like this. And I think it's generally a good idea to assume good faith (even with corporations) — you can still get your pitchforks up if they do refuse to give away the rights to movie.

[afavour]

> I think it's generally a good idea to assume good faith (even with corporations) — you can still get your pitchforks up if they do refuse to give away the rights to movie

I take the opposing viewpoint. They don’t have to “refuse” to give away the movie rights, they can just… not do it. Pitchforks in three months or is that still reasonable? Six months? Two years?

I don’t believe a word they say until I see action that backs it up.

Look at their distribution of the Melania movie. It was very obviously a money losing favour to Trump. But they’d never admit as such because why would they? And what do I gain by taking them at their word that it’s a wonderful piece of film deserving of the money spent on it when that’s obviously untrue?

[tqi]

You should probably also take the opposing views of corporate media, especially a tabloid rag like the independent, and assume their intent is to foment the maximum amount of outrage possible in order to drive ad impressions.

[apecat]

What on earth are you on about? The article is referring to Variety, which refers to Puck as having broken the story. Are Variety, the renowned trade publication, and Puck, an independent and journalist-owned publication also "tabloid rags"?

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/luca-guadagnino-sam-alt...

https://puck.news/amazon-is-dumping-its-sam-altman-movie/

[bluealienpie]

Agree on tabloids in general but this is widely reported https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/19/luca-guadagnino...

[afavour]

…yes? Here I am reacting to a direct quote from the studio, not the article itself.