“I tried on a lot of different emotional suits, and I tried the freaked-out-i-can’t-sleep-at-night. But, ultimately the people who survive keep their sense of humor. I don’t think that has to be separate from being serious and emotional and profound. I think you can laugh about something while still recognizing that it is serious,” said Adam McKay, who did just that in his 2021 Oscar-nominated Netflix planetary-disaster satire Don’t Look Up.
He’s at work on a new feature script now, he said at a Q&a for the Tribeca Festival.
“If the last movie was about the outcome of what’s broken about us, that we’re staring at the collapse of the livable climate, this one is more about the actual arterial blocks in our hearts, what’s causing it, which is, of course, big, dirty money. And it’s a comedy as well … blended with drama,...
He’s at work on a new feature script now, he said at a Q&a for the Tribeca Festival.
“If the last movie was about the outcome of what’s broken about us, that we’re staring at the collapse of the livable climate, this one is more about the actual arterial blocks in our hearts, what’s causing it, which is, of course, big, dirty money. And it’s a comedy as well … blended with drama,...
- 6/10/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
For Variety‘s Writers on Writers, David Wallace-Wells pens a tribute to “Don’t Look Up” (screenplay Adam McKay).
Parables are hard, which is why the best ones tend not to play like parables at all. Light comedy about the end of the world isn’t exactly easy, either, but “Don’t Look Up” delivers that, too.
In retrospect, at least, we now know Adam McKay’s early movies were about much more than they seemed to be about at first. “‘Anchorman’ was clearly, like, what the fuck happened to the television media, what a joke it’s become,” the director told Jessica Pressler in 2015. “‘Talladega Nights’ was about this weird stubborn pride that was showing up in America, kind of the corporate takeover of southern pride. ‘Stepbrothers’ was about how consumerism turns grown-ups into little kids.’” More recently, Joe Hagan wrote that ‘Anchorman 2’ was “the perfect instrument for McKay’s...
Parables are hard, which is why the best ones tend not to play like parables at all. Light comedy about the end of the world isn’t exactly easy, either, but “Don’t Look Up” delivers that, too.
In retrospect, at least, we now know Adam McKay’s early movies were about much more than they seemed to be about at first. “‘Anchorman’ was clearly, like, what the fuck happened to the television media, what a joke it’s become,” the director told Jessica Pressler in 2015. “‘Talladega Nights’ was about this weird stubborn pride that was showing up in America, kind of the corporate takeover of southern pride. ‘Stepbrothers’ was about how consumerism turns grown-ups into little kids.’” More recently, Joe Hagan wrote that ‘Anchorman 2’ was “the perfect instrument for McKay’s...
- 12/22/2021
- by David Wallace-Wells
- Variety Film + TV
Starting on April 22nd, the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, celebrities will join activists, politicians, and artists for Earth Day Live, a three-day live stream and online mobilization led by youth climate leaders.
Earth Day Live will include performances and appearances from entertainers across music, TV, and film. There will be DJ sets each evening to help build community and grow the climate movement.
The program includes unique celebrity-activist exchanges, including a segment with communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis, hosted by actor Luke Baines and journalist Sharon Carpenter and a discussion about climate grief with New York Magazine Deputy Editor and “The Uninhabitable Earth” author David Wallace Wells and climate psychologist Margaret Klein Salamon.
In the midst of a global pandemic, Earth Day Live aims to spur collective action to protect our communities and our planet, through performances, conversations, and training sessions curated by climate activists.
Earth...
Earth Day Live will include performances and appearances from entertainers across music, TV, and film. There will be DJ sets each evening to help build community and grow the climate movement.
The program includes unique celebrity-activist exchanges, including a segment with communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis, hosted by actor Luke Baines and journalist Sharon Carpenter and a discussion about climate grief with New York Magazine Deputy Editor and “The Uninhabitable Earth” author David Wallace Wells and climate psychologist Margaret Klein Salamon.
In the midst of a global pandemic, Earth Day Live aims to spur collective action to protect our communities and our planet, through performances, conversations, and training sessions curated by climate activists.
Earth...
- 4/21/2020
- Look to the Stars
Alec Bojalad Jan 15, 2020
The Uninhabitable Earth will tell fictional stories about climate disaster. Adam McKay will write and direct the first installment.
New WarnerMedia streaming service HBO Max is turning to the horrors of climate change for its own Black Mirror style anthology series.
The Uninhabitable Earth will feature five episodes that tell standalone and fictional stories about the potential future consequences that could result from the rapid warming of planet Earth. The series borrows its name and concept from David Wallace-Wells' New York magazine article, which was later adapted into a book. Adam McKay is set to produce the series in addition to writing and directing the first episode.
Kevin Reilly, chief content officer of HBO Max, made the announcement during WarnerMedia's HBO Max presenation at the 2020 Winter TCA press tour.
“Adam is one of the rare artists who can deliver a pointed, impactful message in a piece of great entertainment,...
The Uninhabitable Earth will tell fictional stories about climate disaster. Adam McKay will write and direct the first installment.
New WarnerMedia streaming service HBO Max is turning to the horrors of climate change for its own Black Mirror style anthology series.
The Uninhabitable Earth will feature five episodes that tell standalone and fictional stories about the potential future consequences that could result from the rapid warming of planet Earth. The series borrows its name and concept from David Wallace-Wells' New York magazine article, which was later adapted into a book. Adam McKay is set to produce the series in addition to writing and directing the first episode.
Kevin Reilly, chief content officer of HBO Max, made the announcement during WarnerMedia's HBO Max presenation at the 2020 Winter TCA press tour.
“Adam is one of the rare artists who can deliver a pointed, impactful message in a piece of great entertainment,...
- 1/16/2020
- Den of Geek
HBO Max has given a green light to The Uninhabitable Earth, a climate change anthology series inspired by David Wallace-Wells’ global best-selling book and New York Magazine article of the same name, from Oscar- and Emmy-winning writer Adam McKay and his Hyperobject Industries, wiip and Animal Kingdom. The series was announced Wednesday during the TCA Winter Press Tour.
The series will be comprised of stand-alone fictional stories covering a wide range of genres and possible futures that could result from the rapid warming of our planet. McKay, who recently closed a five-year, overall television deal with HBO and HBO Max, is attached to write and direct the first episode. The plan is for the first season to enlist top directors and writers to join in creating a provocative and entertaining series that taps into our unease with just how delicately our planet is teetering on the precipice.
“Adam is one...
The series will be comprised of stand-alone fictional stories covering a wide range of genres and possible futures that could result from the rapid warming of our planet. McKay, who recently closed a five-year, overall television deal with HBO and HBO Max, is attached to write and direct the first episode. The plan is for the first season to enlist top directors and writers to join in creating a provocative and entertaining series that taps into our unease with just how delicately our planet is teetering on the precipice.
“Adam is one...
- 1/15/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Adam McKay’s busy week just got a lot busier. Just days after the announcement that the director would be partnering with HBO to help develop a series based on Bong Joon Ho’s acclaimed film “Parasite,” Wednesday brought news that his relationship with the network is expanding.
As part of a preview of the upcoming slate for the soon-to-launch streaming service, HBO Max Chief Content Officer Kevin Reilly revealed that the network is planning a climate change-focused anthology series, with McKay serving as both writer and director.
“The Uninhabitable Earth” will be based on both the magazine piece and book by New York Magazine columnist David Wallace-Wells. This dramatized adaptation will examine possible futures brought on by specific actions or inaction in the face of the current climate crisis. McKay will write and direct the first episode, leading the way for other filmmakers to offer their interpretations of what...
As part of a preview of the upcoming slate for the soon-to-launch streaming service, HBO Max Chief Content Officer Kevin Reilly revealed that the network is planning a climate change-focused anthology series, with McKay serving as both writer and director.
“The Uninhabitable Earth” will be based on both the magazine piece and book by New York Magazine columnist David Wallace-Wells. This dramatized adaptation will examine possible futures brought on by specific actions or inaction in the face of the current climate crisis. McKay will write and direct the first episode, leading the way for other filmmakers to offer their interpretations of what...
- 1/15/2020
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Company also announces climate-change anthology from Adam McKay.
Ramping up its production programme as it prepares to enter the streaming wars, WarnerMedia has signed Steven Soderbergh to a three-year deal to develop content for its upcoming direct-to-consumer service HBO Max as well as sister cable channel HBO.
The deal will be exclusive for television projects and first-look for features and will kick off with HBO Max feature Let Them All Talk, starring Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen and Dianne Wiest. WarnerMedia said Let Them All Talk will launch on HBO Max sometime this year, but did not say whether the film...
Ramping up its production programme as it prepares to enter the streaming wars, WarnerMedia has signed Steven Soderbergh to a three-year deal to develop content for its upcoming direct-to-consumer service HBO Max as well as sister cable channel HBO.
The deal will be exclusive for television projects and first-look for features and will kick off with HBO Max feature Let Them All Talk, starring Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen and Dianne Wiest. WarnerMedia said Let Them All Talk will launch on HBO Max sometime this year, but did not say whether the film...
- 1/15/2020
- by 31¦John Hazelton¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
When San Francisco broke heat records in 2017, with 106-degree temperatures in September, psychiatrist Robin Cooper didn’t hear until after the fact that one of her patients had been feeling dizzy and feverish. One day, he’d fainted in his poorly ventilated workspace. Emergency room doctors had surmised he’d had a virus. But Cooper warned him it could actually be a drug she’d prescribed him interacting with the extreme heat. Certain antipsychotic medications, often used in treating schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, can impair the body’s ability to cool itself.
- 5/16/2019
- by Andrea Marks
- Rollingstone.com
For decades, scientists and journalists have been ringing the alarm on climate change, but few forced people to sit up and take notice like New York Magazine’s David Wallace-Wells, whose alarming article “The Uninhabitable Earth” caused a bit of an uproar in climate and environmentalist circles when it was published in 2017. But Wallace-Wells, 36, was (sadly) validated last autumn when a major report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was released that more or less argued people had until 2050 to get their shit together — or face trying to forge...
- 3/12/2019
- by Rick Carp
- Rollingstone.com
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