[1] In 2005, McKay was set to direct the comedy CEO from a screenplay by Ian Roberts and Jay Martel, but made Step Brothers instead.
[3] On April 26, 2012, McKay was set to direct the remake of Uptown Saturday Night with Will Smith and Denzel Washington possibly attached to star.
[4] On November 25, 2013, Nicholas Stoller was hired to write the screenplay for McKay’s remake, and Smith and Washington were set to star when their schedules line up.
[5] On May 14, 2012, McKay was set to co-write with Chris Henchy Rob Riggle’s proposed Wall Street comedy TV series for HBO.
[17] On December 19, 2018, McKay revealed on the Happy Sad Confused podcast that Kevin Feige offered him the opportunity to direct Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.