Adam McKay

Founder and Filmmaker, Hyperobject Industries · 1 appearance on the record.

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Adam McKay is an Academy Award-winning filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer known for films such as The Big Short and Don't Look Up. Through his production banner Hyperobject Industries and non-profit studio Yellow Dot Studios, he focuses on climate crisis awareness and political satire.

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2 assertions · 1 opinion · 1 disclosure · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 2 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 1 is resolved, and 1 names no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

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Assertion Supported

McKay: Don't Look Up hit number one in 87 countries on Netflix

“They said that they've never seen a comedy play across this many countries. I think the movie was, like, number one in, like, 87 countries, and top 10 in, like, 90”

Adam McKay Jan 20, 2022 ▶ 9:12 Adam McKay on how to make a movie about climate change

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Opinion

Only Spielberg and Scorsese Can Override a 20 Test Screening Score

“Maybe Spielberg and Scorsese are two people that could score a 20 on a movie and say, I don't care, put it in 3000 theaters anyway. David Roberts: Right. Adam McKay: No one else on the planet has the clout to tell a studio, I know we got a 20, but go with it.”

Adam McKay Jan 20, 2022 ▶ 25:18 Adam McKay on how to make a movie about climate change

Assertion Not checkable as stated

McKay: Don't Look Up test audiences universally loved the tragic ending

“We screen it, and it's the audience's favorite part of the movie. David Roberts: No shit. Adam McKay: Universally, unequivocally.”

Adam McKay Jan 20, 2022 ▶ 25:40 Adam McKay on how to make a movie about climate change

Assertion Supported

McKay: Don't Look Up hit number one in 87 countries on Netflix

“They said that they've never seen a comedy play across this many countries. I think the movie was, like, number one in, like, 87 countries, and top 10 in, like, 90”

Adam McKay Jan 20, 2022 ▶ 9:12 Adam McKay on how to make a movie about climate change

Disclosure

Adam McKay: IPCC reports triggered severe climate anxiety that inspired filmmaking

“Where I went from the somewhat concern range to the very, very concern range was that IPCC report and several other reports that came out, culminating in me eventually not being able to sleep, and my wife being like, what's going on?”

Adam McKay Jan 20, 2022 ▶ 14:55 Adam McKay on how to make a movie about climate change

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
Adam McKay on how to make a movie about climate change	Jan 20, 2022	11m

Adam McKay

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