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, ...
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 ...
The Hoya

FILM WITHOUT FLUFF | ‘Don’t Look Up’ Offers a Well-Intentioned Message, But Its Pseudo-Intellectual Social Comet-tary Fails to Make an Impact

Without a hint of irony, the star-studded cast of Adam McKay’s 2021 film “Don’t Look Up” seeks to preach to us about the dangers of our scientific ignorance. Centering on an impending apocalypse, the ...
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Don't look up is a haunting reflection on humanity's inaction

The dinner table scene from Netflix’s sci-fi drama, Don't Look Up, is possibly one of the most haunting endings in a disaster film. Not because it finally shows a comet hitting the Earth, but the ...
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 Hoya

‘Don’t Look Up’ Urges Viewers to Look Around

“Don’t Look Up” is concerningly real. While the film, directed by Adam McKay, elicits continuous, easy-to-come laughter, it is glaringly reflective of today’s political environment. Like many other ...
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 ...
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 ...
TheWrap

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 ...
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 ...
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 ...