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Adam McKay (born April 17, 1968) is an American screenwriter, producer, and director. McKay began his career as a head writer for the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL) from 1995 to 2001. After leaving SNL, McKay collaborated with comedian Will Ferrell on his comedy films Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), and The Other Guys (2010). Ferrell and McKay later co-wrote and co-produced numerous television series and films, with McKay himself co-producing their website, Funny or Die, through their company, Gary Sanchez Productions. Aside from working with Ferrell, McKay wrote and directed the satirical films The Big Short (2015), Vice (2018), and Don't Look Up (2021). McKay won an Academy Award, a BAFTA, and a Critics' Choice Award for adapting the screenplay of The Big Short. In 2019, McKay founded Hyperobject Industries, a production company. Description above from the Wikipedia article Adam McKay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Ant-Man is a 2011 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics Ant-Man characters Hank Pym. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures, it is the eighth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was directed by Edgar Wright from a screenplay by the writing teams of Wright & Joe Cornish and Adam McKay. It stars Patrick Wilson as Hank Pym / Ant-Man alongside Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Corey Stoll, Bobby Cannavale, Patton Oswalt, Penélope Cruz, Wood Harris, Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen and Michael Douglas as Hank Pym. In the film, Hank Pym discovers a formula that allows him to shrink to the size of an Ant, all the while trying to stop Darren Cross from taking control of the formula.
