![]() The Big Short will open limited December 11 against the wide opening of the Ron Howard-directed whale ship survival tale In The Heart Of The Sea. 'The Big Short' Solidifies With Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt They have operated largely under the radar, and it didn’t seem they would be ready in time to compete in what suddenly has become a heated Oscar corridor field, after many awards-bait films premiered at the Telluride, Venice and Toronto festivals. ![]() The studio and producers Plan B and New Regency - which teamed on Best Picture Oscar winner 12 Years A Slave - won an auction for the latest film-friendly fact-based book by Lewis, who also authored Moneyball and The Blind Side. Paramount brass then showed it to AFI and got that plum closing-night berth. This all happened in the past two weeks after McKay - the former Saturday Night Live writer best known for directing hit Will Ferrell comedies including Talladega Nights, Step Brothers, Anchorman and The Other Guys - first showed the studio a nearly completed cut of the film and said he could finish quickly when he got a strong response. Their bold investment leads them into the dark underbelly of modern banking, where they must question everyone and everything. When four outsiders saw what the big banks, media and government refused to see - the global collapse of the economy - they had an idea: the Big Short. Written by Charles Randolph and McKay, the pic is based on Lewis’ book, The Big Short: Inside The Doomsday Machine, about the buildup of the housing and credit bubble during the 2000s. The studio today releases its first trailer for a Paramount/New Regency film that stars Christian Bale, Brad Pitt, Melissa Leo, Marisa Tomei, Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling. That adds another film to what is shaping up to be the most competitive year-end movie market in recent memory. Paramount Pictures has sprung a surprise new entry into the awards-season mix, setting the Adam McKay-directed adaptation of the Michael Lewis book The Big Short to be AFI’s closing-night gala film on November 12 before it opens limited on December 11 and goes wide December 23.
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