McKay wrote and was attached to direct Average Height, Average Build for Netflix, though Deadline reports that the project will not be moving forward now that McKay is out of the picture. The movie was set to have an all-star cast including Robert Pattinson, Amy Adams and Robert Downey Jr, who is actively not trying to be Iron Man anymore.

Instead, Deadline says McKay will be making something about climate change, with this new project “getting all of McKay’s attention” and leaving no time for the serial killer movie—a.k.a. the greatest fear of everyone who finds out that their mother is having another baby.

Adam McKay is shelving his Netflix political satire Average Height, Average Build that was set to star Robert Pattinson and Amy Adams, and instead is focusing on project revolving around climate change.

Netflix cancels Adam Mckay's serial killer movie starring Robert Pattinson and Robert Downey Jr. Average Height, Average Build is no longer moving forward at Netflix.

Stephane Cardinale/Corbis via Getty ImagesAdam McKay isn’t moving forward with his star-studded political satire about a serial killer—and, without the prolific filmmaker behind the camera, Netflix isn’t either.

Robert Pattinson's new Netflix movie Average Height, Average Build has been shelved in favour of another project. The black-comedy was set to be writer/director Adam McKay 's second collaboration with Netflix following the success of Don't Look Up - his first film with the streaming service.