The Denver journalist earned an Academy Award nomination for Don't Look Up, Netflix's second-most successful film.
Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence, Jonah Hill, Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett and Tyler Perry are among the stars of Don't Look Up, based on a story co-conceived by Denver-based David Sirota.We're in the midst of our end-of-year fundraising campaign, and we have until December 31 to raise $30,000. Our work is funded by readers like you, who make voluntary gifts because they value our work and want to see it continue.
Added Sirota:"We were bouncing ideas around, and at one point, I said, 'It's really like an asteroid is headed toward Earth and no one seems to care.' And he said, 'Wait a minute. I think that could be the movie.' So we spitballed it a little more, had fun with it, threw out some different ideas, and then he wrote the script. I gave him some notes, he polished it some more, and then he said, 'We're really going to do this.
Sirota's reaction?"I didn't eye-roll him, exactly, but I didn't really believe it was going to happen. But then, all of a sudden, they're sending me the paperwork."McKay's screenplay attracted an extraordinary roster of on-screen talent.
He's happy to fire back."This case is a slam dunk to go to the jury," he allows,"and the jury will have to make a decision."in 1990 as music editor. In 1999, he took on a new role, full-time media reporter, as author of a column called The Message. In 2008, he became the lead writer for, a national music magazine.
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