Adam McKay

The story of how the Los Angeles Lakers became the most successful professional basketball team in the 1980s.

Two low-level astronomers discover a massive comet on a direct collision course with Earth. When they attempt to warn the government and the public, they are met with apathy, political opportunism, and media obsession with celebrity gossip. The story serves as a satirical commentary on modern society's inability to address existential threats amidst a culture of polarization and digital distraction.

VICE explores how a bureaucratic Washington insider quietly became the most powerful man in the world as Vice-President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways still felt today. (imdb)

A group of eccentric financial outsiders foresees the collapse of the housing market in the mid-2000s and decides to bet against it. This darkly comedic and complex film explains the mechanics of the devastating 2008 financial crisis through the eyes of the individuals who spotted the catastrophic economic bubble nobody else saw.

An anthology of short films that pairs directors with leading economic advisers to create stories that offer a better understanding of how the economy impacts all of our lives. (imdb)

With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm. (imdb)

Kenny Powers, champion athlete and shoe endorser, completes a hostile takeover of K-Swiss and uses it as a platform to totally hump the sports world into submission. (Funny or Die)

While an elite pair of New York City cops (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Samuel L. Jackson) nabs headlines for their amazing heroics, fellow boys in blue Allen (Will Ferrell) and Terry (Mark Wahlberg) toil in obscurity as lowly desk jockeys, until a big break finally gives them a chance to tackle real police work.

Two spoiled guys (Ferrell and Reilly) become competitive stepbrothers after their single parents get hitched.

Will Ferrell meets the toughest cop in the world. (imdb)

An angry landlord hassles her behind-in-rent tenant. (imdb)

#1 NASCAR driver Ricky Bobby stays atop the heap thanks to a pact with his best friend and teammate, Cal Naughton, Jr. But when a French Formula One driver, makes his way up the ladder, Ricky Bobby's talent and devotion are put to the test.

Ron Burgundy (Ferrell) is the top-rated anchorman in San Diego in the '70s. When feminism marches into the newsroom in the form of ambitious newswoman Veronica Corningstone (Applegate), Ron is willing to play along at first-as long as Veronica stays in her place, covering cat fashion shows, cooking, and other "female" interests. But when Veronica refuses to settle for being eye candy and steps behind the news desk, it's more than a battle between two perfectly coiffed anchor-persons... it's war. (imdb)

This "alternate film" companion to _Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)_ was compiled from dropped sub-plots and alternate takes. While Ron Burgundy's rivalry with Veronica Corningstone continues, a group of unprofessional thieves better known as 'The Alarm Clock' try to make the truth known, whatever that may be. (imdb)