Steve Carrell, Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt set to star in The Big Short
Christian Bale, Steve Carrell, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt will star in The Big Short. Filming is currently underway in New Orleans. The cast also includes Melissa Leo, Marisa Tomei, Tracy Letts, Hamish Linklater, John Magaro, Byron Mann, Rafe Spall, Jeremy Strong, and Finn Wittrock.
The movie is based on a true story of some mastermind contrarian investors who just prior to the 2008 financial crisis, recognizing just how insane the housing bubble had become and they figure out how to short the market before everything goes downhill.
The movie will be produced by Academy Award-winners Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner via their Plan B Entertainment banner. The film’s screenplay is written by McKay, from a script by Charles Randolph, based on Michael Lewis’ bestselling non-fiction book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine.