The Sam Altman movie hitting theaters Christmas Day almost got buried by a $50 billion deal. Amazon MGM financed Artificial, Luca Guadagnino's film about the five days in November 2023 when OpenAI's board fired Altman and the company's employees revolted to force him back. The film was nearly complete. Then Amazon announced a $50 billion partnership with OpenAI, and shortly after, it dropped the movie. Amazon never gave a reason. Other distributors passed too, and the project sat homeless…