19 May 2023

Variety spoke to Andy McKay who confirmed that Average Height, Average Build was his next film to go into production – pending the writer’s strike of course:

“Depending on the strike (and the Directors Guild also coming to an agreement), McKay said he hopes to be in production on his serial killer comedy thriller “Average Height, Average Build” in the fall, with Robert Pattinson, Amy Adams, Robert Downey Jr., Forest Whitaker and Danielle Deadwyler attached: “That’s the next big one for me.”

9 May 2023

IMDbPro has this film’s status as pre-production and I noticed today that another actor, Dan Matteucci has been added to the cast.

1 May 2023

The Hollywood Reporter today confirmed that Netflix had bought Adam McKay’s next film “Average Height, Average Build” and it looks lile filming will commence in November 2023:

Titled Average Height, Average Build, the project is being described as part serial killer-thriller, part comedy, that follows a killer who uses political lobbyists to change laws in order to make it easier for him to kill. Like all of McKay’s recent work, the project will tackle larger sociopolitical ills — à la the 2008 housing crisis (The Big Short) and climate crisis (Don’t Look Up) — taking on crime and corruption.

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The script calls for many more characters to be filled in.

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 Average Height, Average Build had a hard time finding a home, with sources noting that multiple studios passed on the project for budget reasons or had issues with the dark subject matter of the film. Apple, where McKay has a first-look deal, did not jump on the project.

McKay is planning on a late-summer shoot in Boston.” [My emphasis]