Michael Shanks and Adam McKay team up for a mystery sci-fi comedy.

michael shanksThe filmmaker behind last year’s cult horror hit togetherYou have cooperated with Adam McKayThe multi-faceted writer, director, and producer behind the following films: vise and don’t look upFor mystery projects.

Sony Pictures has optioned the untitled sci-fi comedy to be written by Shanks, who will be directed by McKay.

McKay is producing the feature with Todd Schulman through the duo’s Hyperobject Industries banner.

Andrew Mittman, one of the executive producers wednesday Participated in the development of a remake of Tim Burton’s B-movie classic. 50ft woman attackIt is also being produced through 1.21 Pictures. The company’s Kai Dolbashian will produce. The two took on the same role as Shanks. together.

Details about the project are being kept secret, but it is described as a sci-fi comedy.

Shanks began making short films for YouTube and online before making his feature-length directorial debut with the following: togetherA unique body horror starring Dave Franco and Alison Brie. The film premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, sparking a bidding war, with Neon ultimately acquiring the film in a $17 million deal.

His next film is scheduled to be a feature-length project: Hotel, hotel, hotel, hotelIt’s an amazing sci-fi thriller set on A24 and the script he wrote is on the blacklist of 2021. The project was the first team the writer-director put together with McKay and Schulman also producing. hotel.

McKay’s films cross genres such as: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and Talladega Nights to Big Short and vice presidentor episode succession and Time to Win: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty. He last coached in 2021. don’t look upA satire with an A-list cast that has become one of the most-watched movies on Netflix.

Hyperobject is still a busy banner. Among the upcoming projects is a miniseries centered on Jeffey Epstein based on the book. Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story Directed by Julie K. Brown and starring Laura Dern.

Shanks is repped by WME, Untitled and attorney Chris Abramson. McKay is repped by CAA and Johnson Shapiro.