Adam McKay Makes Rare Comment on Falling Out With Will Ferrell After Comparing It to a Breakup
McKay said the split with Ferrell came from ending Gary Sanchez, and he called their partnership a 25-year creative success.
- Director Adam McKay told Business Insider on Thursday he is "totally open to the idea" of working with former creative partner Will Ferrell again, nearly seven years after their public falling out.
- The creative duo behind Anchorman and Step Brothers infamously dissolved their partnership in 2019 after closing their Gary Sanchez production banner; tensions peaked when McKay cast John C. Reilly over Ferrell in HBO's Winning Time.
- McKay admitted he handled the Winning Time casting poorly, noting, "I should have called him and I didn't." He added he harbors "no hard feelings" regarding the split, citing management complications.
- To mark the 20th anniversary of Talladega Nights, Sony is re-releasing the film in theaters on June 28, June 30, and July 1. McKay revealed a sequel was discussed after the original's $160 million success but never advanced.
- Reflecting on their 25-year history, McKay expressed regret over the lost partnership, describing the failed collaboration as a "shame" that they did not make it work.
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Adam McKay Makes Rare Comment on Falling Out With Will Ferrell After Comparing It to a Breakup
Adam McKay made a rare comment about his surprise falling out with Will Ferrell. McKay, 58, told Business Insider on Thursday, June 25, that he’s “open to the idea” of reconnecting with Ferrell, also 58, after they decided to part ways as creative partners in 2019. “We always got along great, we were tremendous creative partners,” McKay told the outlet about them previously founding production company Gary Sanchez Productions. McKay addre…
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The Independent (US)Anchorman director reveals truth behind Will Ferrell fallout
Things turned sour between the pair, also behind ‘Talladega Nights’ and ‘Step Brothers’, in 2019
Adam McKay Flirts With Will Ferrell Reunion After 2019 'Acrimony' and Fallout: ‘We Were Tremendous Creative Partners’
Almost seven years after his public falling out with longtime creative partner Will Ferrell, Adam McKay shared he is open to working together again. The writer-director collaborated with Ferrell on some of the most popular comedy films of the 2000s, including “Anchorman,” “Talladega Nights” and “Step Brothers.” He admitted it was a “shame” that they did not make their collaboration work out after years of partnership. “It’s a shame because we ha…
Adam McKay still sounds pretty wistful about his old comedy ex Will Ferrell
The breakup between Will Ferrell and Adam McKay became big news back in 2021, after McKay—who eventually griped that a story about a messy divide between the creators of some of the 21st century’s most quotable comedies somehow kept getting more attention than the climate change movie he was actually supposed to be promoting—revealed to the world that there was nothing especially amicable about the split between the two long-time collaborators. …
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