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Adam McKay says Don’t Look Up being watched by 400 million shows viewers know they’re ‘being lied to’

Adam McKay has said his 2021 satirical comedy Don’t Look Up was watched by between 400 million and half a billion people on Netflix, which shows that viewers know when they’re being “gaslit,” adding ...
Reason

Netflix's 'Don't Look Up' Got $46 Million From Massachusetts Taxpayers

Newly released state revenue data shows that Massachusetts taxpayers played a major role in funding a mid-budget Hollywood movie about climate change. Variety reported that stars Leonardo DiCaprio and ...
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

Adam McKay Highlights “Popular Response” to ‘Don’t Look Up’ Despite Critics and “Cultural Gatekeepers That Hated It”

The 2021 film is the second most-watched movie of all time on Netflix. By Lexi Carson Associate Editor “The estimates of how many people saw that movie … it’s somewhere between 400 million and half a ...
TheWrap

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

Adam McKay at a 2021 screening of "Don't Look Up" (CREDIT: Monica Schipper/Getty Images for Netflix) A judge on Friday dismissed a copyright infringement lawsuit that claimed Adam McKay stole his idea ...

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 ...
Rolling Stone

Adam McKay Says ‘Don’t Look Up’ Was ‘Hated’ by ‘Critics ’ but Watched by ‘400 Million’ People

Climate activist and filmmaker Adam McKay was discussing the Los Angeles Fires and climate change during an interview with NME when he reflected on his satirical comedy Don’t Look Up. When asked about ...
USA Today

Adam McKay accused of ripping off 2012 book to create Oscar-nominated film 'Don't Look Up'

Adam McKay, who wrote and directed the 2021 Oscar-nominated satire "Don't Look Up," is being accused of copying elements of a Louisiana writer's 2012 book in the star-studded film's script. William ...
Rolling Stone

Adam McKay Accused of Ripping Off Self-Published Novel for ‘Don’t Look Up’

A self-published novelist is claiming Adam McKay ripped off a book he wrote for his 2021 Netflix movie Don’t Look Up in a new lawsuit. William Collier claims that in 2007, he wrote a novel called ...
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 ...
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 ...