Forbes

Will ‘Don’t Look Up’ Director’s New Series Work On TikTok? It Will Need Better Luck Than These Social Media Efforts

Noble Energy, an office comedy produced by major Hollywood filmmaker Adam McKay (Don’t Look Up, Vice, The Big Short), premieres on TikTok, YouTube, Snapchat and Instagram in November, but will hope to ...
IndieWire

Adam McKay Touts ‘Don’t Look Up’ Being Watched by More than ‘400 Million’ People Despite Critics’ Pans

"What was inspiring and energizing was the popular response to that movie, not the critics and the cultural gatekeepers who hated it." Adam McKay is not someone to let things go. He took to X to bash ...
Yahoo

Adam McKay Says ‘Don’t Look Up’ Was ‘Hated’ by ‘Critics and Cultural Gatekeepers’ but Seen by an Estimated ‘400 Million to Half a Billion’ People on Netflix

Adam McKay said in an interview with NME that his satirical comedy “Don’t Look Up” was seen by an estimated “400 million to half a billion” people on Netflix despite being “hated” by “the critics and ...
TheWrap

Adam McKay Accused of Stealing ‘Don’t Look Up’ From Self-Published 2012 Novel in New Lawsuit

Netflix and Adam McKay have been sued on claims of copyright infringement by an author who claims that the filmmaker’s 2021 climate change satire “Don’t Look Up” took its premise and plot from a ...
The Boston Globe

'Don't Look Up' scored a record $46 million Mass. tax credit

Massachusetts issued a $46.4 million tax credit to the film “Don’t Look Up,” the 2021 apocalyptic satire and Best Picture nominee, making it the single-largest film tax incentive in state history, ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Netflix, Adam McKay Sued for Copyright Infringement Over ‘Don’t Look Up’

Louisiana-based author William Collier claims that the Oscar-winning director-writer ripped off his novel, which McKay allegedly got a copy of more than a decade ago. By Winston Cho In 2012, William ...
Yahoo

Adam McKay’s ‘Don’t Look Up’ Copyright Infringement Suit Dismissed for Being Too Generic

A judge on Friday dismissed a copyright infringement lawsuit that claimed Adam McKay stole his idea for the Netflix film, “Don’t Look Up.” In legal paperwork obtained by TheWrap, U.S. District Judge ...
Variety

Adam McKay Accused of Using Self-Published Novel as ‘Don’t Look Up’ Inspiration in Lawsuit

A writer who claims the 2021 comedy “Don’t Look Up” was substantially similar to his self-published novel is suing writer-director Adam McKay and Netflix for copyright infringement. Author William ...