Deadline has revealed another addition to the cast of Adam McKay’s untitled Dick Cheney film, a biopic on the U.S.’ Vice President under George W. Bush, with Tyler Perry set to portray Colin Powell, Bush’s Secretary of State. Powell played a very important part in the decision to invade Iraq in 2003. He pushed for Bush to invade […]
Christian Bale, Steve Carell and Amy Adams in talks to star in Adam McKay’s Dick Cheney biopic
Adam McKay could be reuniting with his Big Short stars Christian Bale and Steve Carell for another biopic. Variety has reported that Bale, Carell and Amy Adams are in talks to star in McKay’s currently untitled film about the life of former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney. Bale will play Cheney while Adams plays his […]
HBO orders new political series from Will Ferrell and Adam McKay
Hoping to continue their fruitful run of original series, HBO has ordered a new political drama from Will Ferrell and The Big Short’s Adam McKay. Given a 10 episode series order, the show which is titled Succession will be a political drama about the saga of The Roys, a fictional family that owns an American […]
Adam McKay to produce corruption drama Crook County
Deadline is reporting that The Big Short‘s Adam McKay has found a new project to work on. He will produce Crook County, a film based on the true events of Terrance Hake and the FBI’s biggest corruption sting in America’s history. The script has been written by Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly, who will also direct, with Brooklyn‘s […]
Adam McKay to direct Dick Cheney biopic
The Big Short director Adam McKay is set to tackle a biopic of Dick Cheney, the former Halliburton chief executive and Vice President to George W. Bush. The site reports that McKay, who won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay on The Big Short and was also nominated for Best Director, has already completed the […]
Jennifer Lawrence to team with Adam McKay for medical drama
Deadline is reporting that Academy Award winners Adam McKay (The Big Short) and Jennifer Lawrence (Joy) are to team up on an upcoming medical drama. McKay is behind the film and will write and direct with Lawrence taking on the lead role of Elizabeth Holmes, the 32-year-old founder of medical company Theranos, a start-up blood […]
DVD Review – The Big Short (2015)
The Big Short, 2015. Directed by Adam McKay. Starring Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Brad Pitt, Finn Wittrock, Max Greenfield, Melissa Leo, Rafe Spall, Hamish Linklater, Tracy Letts, John Magaro, Jeremy Strong, Marissa Tomei, Karen Gillan, Stanley Wong, Byron Mann, Margot Robbie, and Selena Gomez. SYNOPSIS: Four denizens of the world of high-finance predict […]
Adam McKay to direct film adaptation of Mark Waid’s Irredeemable
Adam McKay has slowly been working his way toward directing a superhero movie for a couple years now. He rewrote the Ant-Man script with Paul Rudd after Edgar Wright’s departure, and was even in line to direct before passing on the project (which then went to Peyton Reed). He was then rumored to be in the running to […]
Movie Review – Sleeping with Other People (2015)
Sleeping with Other People, 2015. Written and Directed by Leslye Headland. Starring Jason Sudeikis, Alison Brie, Jason Mantzoukas, Adam Scott, Adam Brody, Natasha Lyonne, Katherine Waterston, Andrea Savage, Marc Blucas and Amanda Peet SYNOPSIS: A good-natured womaniser and a serial cheater form a platonic relationship that helps reform them in ways, while a mutual attraction […]
Adam McKay will “definitely” return for Ant-Man and the Wasp
For months, writer/director Adam McKay has made it very clear that he’s more than interested in returning to work on Ant-Man and the Wasp, the sequel to Marvel’s Ant-Man, a film that he helped write alongside star of the film Paul Rudd. While Marvel has yet to confirm that McKay will definitely be back, during an […]
