His film Two Days, starring Paul Rudd and Donal Logue, piqued the interest of Tom Hanks, who then agreed to produce McGinly's project, The Great Buck Howard, through his Playtone production company.
He went on to direct the film as well, and got Paul Rudd, Donal Logue, and Adam Scott to star in it.
[1] Two Days led to McGinly's big break which was directing and writing The Great Buck Howard.
[1][2] In 2017, he began production on Silver Lake, starring Martin Starr and Deborah Ann Woll.
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