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  • Netflix acquires ‘Average Height, Average Build’  

    By Express News Service

    Netflix had previously partnered with filmmaker Adam McKay for his 2021 disaster comedy Don’t Look Up, which went on to score Oscar nominations. Now they are both teaming up again for a film titled Average Height, Average Build. Apart from directing it, McKay has also written the script for the film.

    The ensemble cast of the film includes Robert Pattinson, Amy Adams, Robert Downey Jr., Forest Whitaker and Danielle Deadwyler. Mckay will also be producing the film under his banner Hyperobject Industries.

    The film reportedly revolves around a serial killer who becomes a politician so he can enter the office and manipulate legislation to become more murder-friendly. Pattinson will play the serial killer in the film while Downey Jr will play a retired police officer who is hell-bent on capturing the killer.

    Netflix had previously partnered with filmmaker Adam McKay for his 2021 disaster comedy Don’t Look Up, which went on to score Oscar nominations. Now they are both teaming up again for a film titled Average Height, Average Build. Apart from directing it, McKay has also written the script for the film.

    The ensemble cast of the film includes Robert Pattinson, Amy Adams, Robert Downey Jr., Forest Whitaker and Danielle Deadwyler. Mckay will also be producing the film under his banner Hyperobject Industries.

    The film reportedly revolves around a serial killer who becomes a politician so he can enter the office and manipulate legislation to become more murder-friendly. Pattinson will play the serial killer in the film while Downey Jr will play a retired police officer who is hell-bent on capturing the killer.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

  • Jan 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection inspires Billy Ray’s next feature film

    By IANS

    LOS ANGELES: The January 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, considered the worst domestic attack on democracy since the Civil War, will be the subject of ‘J6’, a feature film scripted and to be directed by Billy Ray, reports ‘Deadline’.The movie will be a follow-up to Ray’s highly rated political drama miniseries, ‘The Comey Rule’, based on the book, ‘A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership’, by former FBI director James Comey.Joining him as one of the four producers will be Adam McKay, who is in the Oscar hunt for the Leo DiCaprio-Jennifer Lawrence-starrer ‘Don’t Look Up’.’Deadline’ has confirmed that the ‘J6’ script will be shopped to studios and streamers imminently and that conversations with equity financiers have already begun.Ray, according to ‘Deadline’, had originally expected to long look at the events of January 6 in the form of another limited series. Deeply affected by the attack, he travelled to Washington, D.C. within days of the siege, and interviewed a number of the key principals when memories were raw and fresh.They included Capitol police officers Michael Fanone and Harry Dunn, as well as members of Congress who were trapped inside the Capitol when the violent siege unfolded. Fanone consulted on the screenplay throughout the process.Ray has scripted (and/or directed) similar films based on real events, such as ‘Shattered Glass’ (2003), ‘Breach’ (2007), the Tom Hanks-led ‘Captain Phillips’ (2013) and Clint Eastwood’s ‘Richard Jewell’ (2019). 

  • Adam McKay, Jennifer Lawrence’s ‘Bad Blood’ movie lands at Apple

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: Filmmaker Adam McKay’s upcoming movie “Bad Blood”, starring Jennifer Lawrence, has been picked up by Apple Original Films.

    McKay will write, direct and produce the film, which will feature Lawrence as Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes.

    Theranos was once one of Silicon Valley’s most promising startups, with its multi-billion dollar valuation and promises of a blood testing system that claimed to be able to perform complex tests with just a drop of blood.

    The company, which was at one point worth USD 9 billion, lost trust with the public after an investigation by The Wall Street Journal poked holes in its claims about its new blood testing system.

    The movie is based on “Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley” from Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist John Carreyrou, who broke the initial story.

    “Bad Blood” will be produced by Apple Studios, in association with Legendary Pictures.

    McKay and Lawrence are currently getting praise for their first film together — “Don’t Look Up”.

    Also starring Leonardo DiCaprio, the movie follows two low-level astronomers who attempt to warn everyone about an approaching comet that will destroy Earth.

    The film also features Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Timothee Chalamet, Tyler Perry, Mark Rylance, Jonah Hill, Ariana Grande and others.

    It will debut on Netflix on December 24.