Tag: The Big Short
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How Similar Is The Big Short to the Real Life Story It’s Based On?
The 2015 Academy Award Best Picture nominee The Big Short is a financial cautionary tale — which also happens to be very funny —based on true-life events. Adam McKay and Charles Randolph adapted (with McKay also directing) the book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by financial journalist Michael Lewis, chronicling the events that…
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Every Main Character on ‘Winning Time,’ Ranked by Likability
HBO didn’t have to wait for too long after the series finale of Succession to get another great drama series executive produced by Adam McKay. With a similar rapid-fire sense of humor and unique method of chronicling historical events as McKay’s films The Big Short and Vice, Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty…
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The True Story Behind ‘Winning Time’s Pat Riley
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty has chronicled the incredible real story of the Los Angeles basketball team and their incredible series of victories in the 1980s. While there’s an obvious appeal to basketball fans who are interested in seeing how iconic players like Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabar are depicted on screen,…
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‘Dumb Money’ Review: Craig Gillespie’s Rousing GameStop Comedy Is Also a Weirdly Moving Tale of Working Class Solidarity
At once a rowdy comedy and a weirdly affecting tale of working class solidarity, “Dumb Money” is perhaps the best period piece ever made about a period that just happened. The movie, directed by Craig Gillespie in full-on comedy mode, takes us all the way back to the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, when…
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Anchorman Director Adam McKay Almost Made A Movie Out Of The Boys
Not long after Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s comic series “The Boys” debuted in 2006, people were trying to get the series adapted to the big screen. One of those people was Seth Rogen, who pushed for an adaptation for years before finally succeeding in getting it greenlit by Amazon in 2015. He now serves…
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‘Frozen’s’ Idina Menzel, ‘The Big Short’s’ Jae Suh Park Join ‘Latchkey Kids,’ From Mister Smith (Exclusive)
Idina Menzel and Jae Suh Park (“The Big Short”) have joined Golden Globe nominee Elsie Fisher (“Eighth Grade”) and Alan S. Kim (“Minari”) for “Latchkey Kids,” which David Garrett’s Mister Smith Entertainment has boarded as its sales agent.Starlings Entertainment is also now on board to co-produce and finance the feature, which Mister Smith is launching…
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Moonfall Director Roland Emmerich Didn’t Think Don’t Look Up Was Disaster-y Enough
It’s always great when directors expand their boundaries and evolve over time, tackling projects that they might never have even considered even just a few years ago. Director Adam McKay gradually progressed from Will Ferrell studio comedies to increasingly social-conscious dramas with an eye on awards attention, such as “The Big Short” or “Vice” or,…
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Adam McKay to Be Honored With Advanced Imaging Society Voices for the Earth Award
“Don’t Look Up” director Adam McKay will receive the Advanced Imaging Society Voices For The Earth Award.The Society will honor McKay at the 12th annual awards ceremony, which will now take place as a luncheon planned for March 4 at the Beverly Hills Hotel.“Considering the incredible obstacles our creative community has worked through to create…
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Every Don’t Look Up Main Character Ranked Worst To Best
Adam McKay’s highly anticipated new film “Don’t Look Up” lands right in the heart of awards season, and is largely a culmination of the two sides of McKay’s career. His earlier films, which include “Anchorman,” “Talladega Nights,” “Step Brothers,” and “The Other Guys,” are silly comedies that feature outlandish premises, hilarious sight gags, and eccentric characters.…
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Don’t Look Up Ending Explained: It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
Writer and director Adam McKay has made quite the mid-career transition, pivoting from his usual mode of crowd-pleasing (but deceptively clever) comedies, to more serious-minded films that function as vehicles for political commentary just as much as they provide laughs. It might be easy to believe that the same filmmaker could be credited for movies like “Anchorman:…