Despite putting together a great cast, the serial killer comedy Average Height, Average Build from Oscar-winning filmmaker Adam McKay (Vice, Don’t Look Up) is no longer in the works.
Per Deadline, the filmmaker is opting to direct a climate-related project next and will no longer be helming the serial killer comedy. McKay had penned Average Height, Average Build and brought the project to Netflix, and there is currently no plans to move forward with the film without him.
Average Height, Average Build was announced earlier this year, with Robert Pattinson, Amy Adams, Robert Downey Jr., Forest Whitaker and Danielle Deadwyler set to lead the cast of the upcoming genre comedy. What a tremendous cast assembled, too.
In the film, Pattinson was to play “a serial killer who enlists a lobbyist (Adams) to change laws that will allow him to get away with murder more easily. Downey was to play a retired cop who won’t give up on the murders, and the killer tries to prevent him from dogging his trail now that he’s hung up his gun. The serial killer turns himself into a cause celebre, a Mr. Smith Goes to Washington figure shielding his true motives.”
While this means we won’t be seeing Pattinson play a serial killer in the near future, we can next look forward to seeing him lead Bong Joon-ho’s upcoming sci-fi feature Mickey 17 before donning the Batman mask once more for Matt Reeves’ The Batman Part II.
McKay’s 2021 film Don’t Look Up centered on the climate crisis, and the filmmaker has been active outside the industry in raising awareness. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards and performed very well on Netflix. So, it’s no surprise that he’s shifted focus for his next directing project and seeks to continue working with the streaming platform.
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