{"id":1111741,"date":"2021-12-12T14:13:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T19:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1111741"},"modified":"2021-12-12T14:13:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T19:13:38","slug":"director-adam-mckay-the-climate-crisis-is-the-story-of-all-stories-in-the-history-of-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/director-adam-mckay-the-climate-crisis-is-the-story-of-all-stories-in-the-history-of-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Director Adam McKay: &#039;The Climate Crisis Is the Story of All Stories in the History of Stories&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdirector-adam-mckay-the-climate-crisis-is-the-story-of-all-stories-in-the-history-of-stories%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1111741&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1357397864-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\"><em>Don\u2019t Look Up<\/em> filmmaker Adam McKay has called climate change the \u201cbiggest threat to life in human history,\u201d saying he made the Netflix movie as a way to get people talking about the issue.<\/p>\n<p>McKay expounded on his climate activism in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-features\/adam-mckay-interview-dont-look-up-will-ferrell-1235058377\/\">interview<\/a> with <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe made <em>Don\u2019t Look Up<\/em> to hopefully get people talking about the climate crisis \u2014 literally the biggest threat to life in human history,\u201d he said, later adding: \u201cI feel like the climate crisis is the story of all stories in the history of stories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, I\u2019m all in on the climate. I\u2019m fully freaked out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The satirical movie, which Netflix will start streaming December 24, tells the story of two scientists (Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence) who discover a comet heading toward Earth. Despite their best efforts, they fail to generate much concern from self-obsessed politicians or the mainstream media.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>Watch below:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DON&#039;T LOOK UP | Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence | Official Trailer | Netflix\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RbIxYm3mKzI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>DiCaprio, who is one of Hollywood\u2019s biggest climate change activists despite his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2016\/05\/21\/leonardo-dicaprio-flew-8000-miles-on-private-jet-to-accept-environmental-award\/\">use of private jets<\/a> and yachts, echoed the movie\u2019s environmental warning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">\u201cI think we all looked at this as an incredibly unique gift,\u201d the actor said while promoting the movie, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/lifestyle\/dicaprio-calls-dont-look-up-unique-gift-climate-change-fight-2021-12-08\/\">according<\/a> to Reuters.&nbsp;\u201cWe\u2019d been wanting to get the message out there about the climate crisis, and Adam really cracked the code with creating this narrative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The movie also stars Cate Blanchett as a TV morning show anchor. As Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/11\/29\/actress-cate-blanchett-on-climate-change-we-need-to-be-fking-scared-and-demand-change\/\">reported<\/a>, Blanchett recently sounded the alarm on climate change, saying people need to be \u201cscared\u201d because it will motivate them to \u201cdo something about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McKay\u2019s previous movies as director include&nbsp;<em>Vice<\/em>, the satirical biopic of Dick Cheney, and <em>The Big Short<\/em>, the comedy about the 2008 financial crisis.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow David Ng on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeyItsDavidNg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@HeyItsDavidNg<\/a>. Have a tip? Contact me at&nbsp;<a class=\"c-link x5l\" href=\"mailto:dng@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">dng@breitbart.com<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t Look Up filmmaker Adam McKay has called climate change the \u201cbiggest threat to life in human history,\u201d saying he made the Netflix movie as a way to get people &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1111741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1111741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1111741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1111741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1111741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1111741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1111741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}