Don't Look Up director Adam McKay is set to produce an upcoming feature film about the Jan. 6th assault on the U.S. Capitol. Coming on the heels of his latest political satire, the capitol insurrection is set to be the subject of his next big project, which will be written and directed by Richard Jewell's Billy Ray. McKay will produce alongside Todd Schulman (Who Is America?), Josh McLaughlin (Boogie), Cullen Hoback (Q: Into the Storm), and Shane Salerno (Savages).
As reported by Deadline, McKay will produce a feature film about the Jan. 6th Capitol insurrection, titled J6. The movie sees writer/director Billy Ray spearheading the project as a follow-up to his critically-acclaimed miniseries, The Comey Rule. The script will be shopped to studios and streamers, and conversations with equity financiers have reportedly already begun.
McKay is certainly no stranger to making compelling political commentaries. His 2018 film, Vice, and more recently, Don't Look Up, have critiqued major political leaders, in addition to the nation's overall response to threats such as climate change. His latest collaboration with Netflix is earning McKay some serious Oscar buzz, meaning that perhaps, audiences can expect his upcoming project to also debut on the streaming service. Regardless, it'll certainly be interesting to see Ray's take on the events of the U.S. Capitol insurrection with someone like McKay producing.
Originally, Ray had planned to capture the events of the U.S. Capitol insurrection in the form of another limited series like The Comey Rule, with the goal of creating a "ground-level view" of what really happened on Jan. 6th. Ray, who was admittedly affected by the attack, traveled to Washington, D.C., within days of the siege, and interviewed police officers as well as U.S. Congress members who were trapped inside the building. As of now, a release date has yet to be confirmed, but McKay has promised audiences that the project "is sure to become the definitive cinematic document on that gut-wrenching day."
Source: Deadline