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Adam McKay is a screenwriter and director born in Denver in 1968. McKay is best known for comedy films like the Anchorman series and Talladega Nights (with frequent collaborator Will Ferrell). With Ferrell, McKay is also a co-founder of Gary Sanchez Productions and the comedy website Funny or Die.

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22 Jul, 2014

Manimal announced

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Ferrell and McKay’s Gary Sanchez Productions, along with Miller’s Mosaic, receive the go ahead from Sony Pictures Animation to start a live-action/animation hybrid action-comedy based production of Manimal, the cult 1980s TV show about a man who fights crime using his ability to morph into animals. McKay:

I think it’s right down our alley, it’s what we do—it’s tongue-in-cheek and has an action component, but overall it’s a comedy. Like The Catcher In The Rye or The Sound And The FuryManimal has always been one of those elusive projects every producer dreams of taking to the silver screen,” said McKay. “I know the movie will be funny and entertaining, but will it be the first film to win a Pulitzer? We’ll just have to see.