FILE: Dolores Park in San Francisco on May 13, 2019. From filming notices posted in the neighborhood, it appears that the film "Artificial" is shooting in the vicinity of the park. (Gabrielle Lurie/Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images)

San Francisco may be in the midst of its coldest summer since '82, but for filmmakers, the city is hot. At least two feature films have been shooting around the city in recent weeks. While little information is out there about either film, they've left paper trails of filming notices, job listings and social media chatter. Here's what we've pieced together so far.

"Artificial," a forthcoming film starring Andrew Garfield ("The Social Network"), Monica Barbaro ("A Complete Unknown") and Yura Borisov ("Anora"), appears to be filming in San Francisco this week. The film, directed by Luca Guadagnino ("Call Me by Your Name," "Challengers"), is expected to dramatize the 2023 leadership shakeup at OpenAI, during which CEO Sam Altman was suddenly fired, only to be rehired in his role several days later. Garfield has been cast as Altman.

SFGATE found several San Francisco casting calls for stand-in roles for "Artificial" on a casting website. These roles include a stand-in for Ike Barinholtz, who is playing Elon Musk in the film, and Cooper Hoffman, who is playing OpenAI President Greg Brockman, according to the casting call.

Andrew Garfield has been cast as Sam Altman in "Artificial." (Harry Durrant/Getty Images)

San Francisco's film office couldn't confirm with SFGATE whether "Artificial" was filming in the city before the time of publication.

The dates of those casting calls loosely correspond with film shoots in the city. On Monday, passersby in the Marina District spotted a large film crew shooting at Atelier Crenn, the Michelin-starred restaurant of chef Dominique Crenn. SFGATE viewed two filming notices for that shoot, both for filming along Fillmore Street in the Marina District on Monday. Both were posted by a production company called Eternal Leo Productions. Eternal Leo Productions' name also appeared on a filming notice spotted near Dolores Park.

Eternal Leo shares an address in Culver City with Amazon MGM Studios' headquarters. Amazon MGM is the studio behind "Artificial."

SFGATE hasn't yet spotted Andrew Garfield or Monica Barbaro in the city.

Sam Altman was briefly ousted from OpenAI in 2023 but was rehired shortly after. (The Washington Post via Getty Images)

According to a job listing circulated by San Francisco's film office, Eternal Leo Productions is shooting a feature film in the city. The listing, which includes two office production assistant roles, encourages bilingual Italian and English speakers to apply.

The second film is "The Steel Harp." Little is known about the film so far, but according to Deadline, it's co-directed by Kelly O'Sullivan and Alex Thompson. The pair previously co-directed "Ghostlight," a drama that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2024.

"The Steel Harp" appears to be a very San Franciscan movie. On Monday, Mayor Daniel Lurie shared a video of a conversation he had with Thompson on social media. In the brief exchange, Thompson confirmed that the film was shooting in the city. Thompson also mentioned that "The Steel Harp" pays tribute to San Francisco, which seems consistent with the film's locations so far.

On July 16, the Seal Rock Inn Restaurant closed for the day while "The Steel Harp" filmed inside, according to social media posts from the restaurant. On Tuesday, cinematographer Denis Lenoir posted on Instagram that the film was wrapping its last day of shooting on the Golden Gate Bridge.

According to filming notices viewed by SFGATE, between June 30 and July 11, "The Steel Harp" filmed on and off at 43rd Avenue between Fulton and Cabrillo streets. On Monday, the film shot exteriors on 48th Avenue between Anza Street and Geary Boulevard, the stretch of road bordering Sutro Heights.

Deadline reported that Ley Line Entertainment, an independent production company that co-produced "Everything Everywhere All At Once," is also involved with "The Steel Harp."

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