Barinholtz just landed an Emmy nomination for playing Sal Saperstein in “The Studio,” a Hollywood satire starring and created by Seth Rogen. He’s best known on the small screen for “Eastbound & Down,” “The Mindy Project” and “The Afterparty” and on the big screen projects for projects such as “Blockers” and “Neighbors.”

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, 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.