The Ledger
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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.”
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.”
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: 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?”