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Though he started his career as the comedy director, doing broad, R-rated comedies such as “Step-Brothers,” “Anchorman,” and “Talledega Nights,” Adam McKay has transformed into something of a dramedy auteur, with films such as “The Big Short” and “Vice.” But with his star-studded Netflix film, “Don’t Look Up,” it appears the filmmaker is skewing more towards his earlier work, while still delivering some serious themes.

Parasite swept off the Oscar at the 92nd Academy awards collecting the honors for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Feature Film. Auteur Bong Joon Ho accepted acclaim for his film worldwide and Parasite became the second name of the Korean film industry for the time being.

Even though many folks still think of him as the guy who directed films like “Step Brothers” and “Anchorman,” Adam McKay has found a second life as a filmmaker, directing features that are overtly political, such as “Vice” and “The Big Short.” He’s gone from being the guy that makes Will Ferrell comedies to the man that is clearly not afraid to share his liberal ideology and does so in a thoughtful, still humorous way.

Even if you’re not a sports fan, you’re probably familiar with the Los Angeles Lakers and the team’s “Showtime” era of the ‘80s. That’s when you had players like Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Larry Bird.

It’s been just over a year since HBO gave their series order for an untitled series on the Los Angeles Lakers from Academy Award-winning director Adam McKay (“The Big Short,” “Vice,” “Step Brothers”).

The relationship between Will Ferrell and Adam McKay is legendary. Combined, the duo worked on a number of already-iconic comedy films such as “Anchorman,” “Step Brothers,” and “Talledega Nights.” But it’s a film that was never made, titled “August Blowout,” that might have been the most important collaboration between the duo.

Adam McKay just needs to relax a little.

You would think that perhaps HBO would have the inside track on landing a new series produced by Issa Rae and Adam McKay, right? Well, even though HBO is the home for Rae’s “Insecure” and various McKay projects including “Succession,” the premium network still found itself in a bidding war with some serious competition for the new half-hour comedy series, “Nice White Parents.

With a cast list that includes Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Jonah Hill, and Timothée Chalamet, you may expect the upcoming film “Don’t Look Up” to be a prestige drama that is clearly setting its sights on awards season dominance. However, as Adam McKay recently explained to Insider, his upcoming Netflix film, “Don’t Look Up,” isn’t a drama.

Are you ready for the second story today about Amy Adams and Netflix? After an earlier report that the actress’ new film, “The Woman in the Window,” is likely heading to Netflix after being sold by Disney, it appears Adams is ready to do business with the streaming giant once more with a new series produced and directed by Adam McKay.

In maybe the most absurd recent example of the ongoing national compulsion to immediately dramatize the news, HBO and Adam McKay are developing a limited series about the hunt for a vaccine for coronavirus (even though there’s no telling when such a thing will exist).

The end of 2019 was pretty tumultuous for filmmaker Alexander Payne. Just weeks before he was set to direct a feature for Netflix, starring Mads Mikkelsen, the project was scrapped.

If you were to make a list of the actors in Hollywood that are the most sought-after talents in the business, you’d be hard-pressed to find someone that would beat out Leonardo DiCaprio. Not only is he an Oscar-winning talent that is able to create a buzz about any project he’s in just by lending his name to it, he’s also incredibly picky.

It was indeed a memorable night for Team Parasite and the captain of their ship, Bong Joon-ho as the South Korean film bagged four big awards including Best Picture, Directing, International Feature Film and Original Screenplay. Making history as not just the first South Korean film to bag these awards, Parasite also became the first non-English language film to win the prestigious Oscar in the Best Picture category, beating out other favourites like 1917, The Irishman and Little Women.

Since its premiere in 2019, at the Cannes Film Festival, Bong Joon Ho's film Parasite has been the talk of the town for all the right reasons. The movie, which explores the social themes of class inequality in South Korea, has become the first South Korean film to be nominated for Academy Awards’ best picture category.

Adam McKay is a busy man.

Bong Joon Ho has more to say when it comes to “Parasite” and he believes a limited television series is the way to do it.

The critically lauded South Korean dark comedy film Parasite is reportedly set to be adapted for television.

A limited series based around the critically-acclaimed South Korean film “Parasite” is in the works at HBO, Variety has confirmed.