Elevate your local knowledge

Sign up for the iNFOnews newsletter today!

Select Region

Selecting your primary region ensures you get the stories that matter to you first.

Paramount pushes ‘The Big Short’ into awards season, sets December release date

CP34669922
FILE - This Dec. 6, 2013 file photo shows director Adam McKay from the film "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues" in New York. Paramount Pictures on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015, announced that it will release the McKay-directed adaptation of Michael Lewis’ book, "“The Big Short: The Doomsday Machine," in limited release on December 11. A wider release will follow December 23. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP)

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Hollywood’s awards season has a surprise new entry: “The Big Short.”

Paramount Pictures on Tuesday announced that it will release the Adam McKay-directed adaptation of Michael Lewis’ book in limited release on Dec. 11. A wider release will follow Dec. 23.

The film boasts a star-studded cast of Christian Bale, Brad Pitt, Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling. It tells the true story of a handful of people who got rich by betting against banks and predicting the financial crash of 2008.

A trailer for the film also debuted Tuesday. “The Big Short” will first premiere at the AFI Fest in Los Angeles on Nov. 12.

News from © The Associated Press, . All rights reserved.
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

The Associated Press

The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business. More than half the world’s population sees AP journalism every day.

Related Articles