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Netflix and Adam McKay Win Dismissal of Second ‘Don’t Look Up’ Copyright Suit

Netflix and Adam McKay are two-for-two in defeating copyright lawsuits from self-published authors over the 2021 film “Don’t Look Up.” Judge Gregory Presnell dismissed a lawsuit on Tuesday from Darren ...
AOL

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’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 his upcoming Jennifer Lawrence comedy came about because 'Vice' 'was the bleakest thing I've ever worked on'

"I think, God almighty do we need laughter right now," McKay told Insider from the "Don't Look Up" set. "It's the only way I'm getting through this." ...
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 ...
Time

Adam McKay

Adam McKay’s 2021 Netflix disaster satire film Don’t Look Up pitted critics and scientists against each other in a debate over in-your-face messaging about the climate crisis—but the Academy ...