From the director of don’t look up, the vice president and the big gambleAdam McKay, a new project is taking shape, now with Robert Pattinson as part of the cast.
A recent report of The Hollywood Reporter indicates that this next feature film by McKay will be titled Average Height, Average Build (“Average height, average build”) and is expected to be a mix of comedy and thriller. According to sources consulted by the outlet, it will be about a serial killer in the US who “uses political pressure groups to change the laws to make it easier for him to kill.” It is not clear if this would be the character that Pattinson plays.
On the other hand, the confirmed cast boasts other renowned talents. Oscar nominees are listed Robert Downey Jr. (A movie War) and Amy Adams (American Scandal), plus Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker (The last king of Scotland) and BAFTA nominee Danielle Deadwyler (Till: Justice for my son).
In addition to directing, McKay is responsible for the script for Average Height, Average Build; a project that, according to reports, “will address larger sociopolitical ills” and will tackle issues such as crime and corruption. At Tribeca 2022, the filmmaker described his film as a comedy about “big, dirty money” (via).
The bad news for his movie is that he still doesn’t have any studio or platform. streaming willing to finance and distribute it. THR informs that, according to insiders, some companies do not believe that the panorama is adequate to bet on a dark political satire. Hence, the project has already faced several rejections.
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Despite the lack of a distributor, the director’s plan is that the filming of Average Height, Average Build begin in the final stretch of the summer season, with locations in Boston. Regarding the production team, at the moment they only talk about the participation of the cinematographer Todd Banhazl, who comes from working in Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty; HBO series for which McKay is an executive producer.
In addition to his upcoming collaboration with Adam McKay, Robert Pattinson is coming off work with Bong Joon-oh (parasites) in the science fiction film Mickey 17whose premiere is scheduled for March 29, 2024. He will also return as the vigilante of Gotham City in the confirmed sequel to batmanunder the direction of Matt Reeves.
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