Netflix Scraps Adam McKay’s Average Height, Average Build

Netflix will not be moving forward with the “part serial killer thriller, part comedy” film Average Height, Average Build. According to Deadline, Don’t Look Up director Adam McKay — who was previously on board to direct the planned film — will instead focus on a climate change-themed movie for his next directorial project. 

Deadline reported that since McKay wrote and brought the now-canceled project to Netflix, the future of Average Height, Average Build remains uncertain at this point, given that the streamer has no plans of finding McKay’s replacement in the director’s chair. 

Netflix has yet to comment on the axed project. 

Average Height, Average Build would have been a star-studded feature

ComingSoon has recently covered Average Height, Average Build’s stacked cast, including the likes of Robert Pattinson (The Batman), Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Amy Adams (The Woman in the Window), Forest Whitaker (Godfather of Harlem), and Danielle Deadwyler (Till).

On the other hand, McKay is known for classics like the 2004 comedy drama Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, the 2009 sports comedy Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, the 2008 comedy Step Brothers, and the comedy thriller Vice. His most recent directorial project, Don’t Look Up was also nominated for four Academy Awards despite the film’s mixed reviews.

The planned film was set to chronicle the story of a serial killer (Pattinson) trying to change the law to make killing, by any means, easier. With McKay and a number of renowned actors involved in the project, Average Height, Average Build was shaping up to be yet another thrilling movie.

While McKay is no longer directing the project, he is still reportedly continuing to work with Netflix on a still-untitled project.