What, in other words, drives a man to transcend the basic limits of the species, and attempt to make one of the least funny human beings who’s ever lived come off in any way humorous? These philosophical musings brought to you by news that The Studio‘s Ike Barinholtz—fresh off scoring his first-ever Emmy nomination after a long career in TV comedy—is in talks to join Luca Guadagnino’s “history of AI” dramedy Artificial in the role of World’s Richest Man/Worst Poster Elon Musk.

Ike Barinholtz, fresh off of Apple TV+'s The Studio and his own Running Point, will play Elon Musk in Luca Guadagnino's Artificial.

Ike Barinholtz, who just earned his first Emmy nomination for his role in The Studio, is in talks to play Elon Musk in an upcoming AI movie from Luca Guadagnino, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.