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Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, and Brad Pitt join The Big Short
Posted on 4/21/15 at 3:56 pm
Posted on 4/21/15 at 3:56 pm
Along with Melissa Leo and Marisa Tomei. Adam McKay's new movie.
Impressive cast.
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Impressive cast.
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Director Adam McKay (Anchorman, Step Brothers) has just received the cast of a lifetime: Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, and Brad Pitt have agreed to headline his next film, The Big Short. Better yet, they’ll all be joined by Academy Award-winning actresses Marisa Tomei and Melissa Leo, in addition to Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and actor Tracy Letts.
The film is based on Michael Lewis’ bestselling non-fiction book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, about the build-up of the housing and credit bubble and the savvy investors who shorted the market prior to its financial collapse in 2008. Screenwriter Charles Randolph (Love and Other Drugs) penned the script, which McKay then further adapted into a screenplay.
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Posted on 4/21/15 at 3:57 pm to atlau
Great cast
Incredibly boring plot
Incredibly boring plot
Posted on 4/21/15 at 4:07 pm to wildtigercat93
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Great cast
Incredibly boring plot
And likely with a distinctly Hollywood liberal slant.
Posted on 4/21/15 at 4:09 pm to atlau
I ran into this being filmed at the Pan American building last Friday.
I suppose Carell was there somewhere since they said his name 50 times.
I suppose Carell was there somewhere since they said his name 50 times.
Posted on 4/21/15 at 4:12 pm to atlau
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Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, and Brad Pitt have agreed to headline his next film
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about the build-up of the housing and credit bubble and the savvy investors who shorted the market prior to its financial collapse in 2008.
Nope...
Posted on 4/21/15 at 4:29 pm to wildtigercat93
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Incredibly boring plot
Not boring at all. There should have been criminal charges coming out of the housing bubble if it weren't for the fact that our politicians were just as compromised. It won't be hard at all to create some villains that will be easy to hate.
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Nope...
My first thought on reading this is it'd do well with at David Fincher Social Network treatment.
This post was edited on 4/21/15 at 4:32 pm
Posted on 4/21/15 at 4:49 pm to TigerinATL
quote:All of that.
Not boring at all. There should have been criminal charges coming out of the housing bubble if it weren't for the fact that our politicians were just as compromised. It won't be hard at all to create some villains that will be easy to hate.
I understand why many on this board are going to be skeptical about this subject getting a fair treatment, and it might turn out not to be an entirely crazy concern. But this story should be self-sufficient; there's honestly no need to put an personal/political spin to it. So I'll give McKay the benefit of the doubt until I see something to convince me otherwise.
If they stick to the source material, this one will be awesome
Posted on 4/21/15 at 5:32 pm to atlau
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Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, and Brad Pitt join The Big Short
Along with Melissa Leo and Marisa Tomei.
and carrell will be the one to go shirtless?
Posted on 4/21/15 at 5:43 pm to wildtigercat93
quote:Can't downvote this enough.
Great cast
Incredibly boring plot
You'll see.
Posted on 4/21/15 at 5:54 pm to Patrick_Bateman
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You'll see
Probably not
Posted on 4/21/15 at 6:08 pm to wildtigercat93
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Great cast
Incredibly boring plot
Posted on 4/21/15 at 6:34 pm to atlau
Unbelievable cast
Posted on 4/21/15 at 6:37 pm to wildtigercat93
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Great cast
Incredibly boring plot
Great book. And I hate the idea of it with an all-star cast. Because it's the ideas in it that are interesting. Hollywood is going to completely fack this up.
Posted on 4/21/15 at 6:38 pm to atlau
How were they able to get such a great cast? The writer only has seven credits to his name and the director's body of work doesn't particularly stand out either. Are there big name producers financing this project?
Posted on 4/21/15 at 6:50 pm to Tigris
It's a great book so they should cast nobodies to put the ideas at the forefront?
Posted on 4/21/15 at 6:52 pm to atlau
Is this a comedy? Has Adam McKay ever done anything besides comedy?
Posted on 4/21/15 at 7:39 pm to Brosef Stalin
No, but crossing genres is pretty big right now.
Posted on 4/21/15 at 8:44 pm to Thurber
The counselor had a comparable cast and fell flat... Cast isn't everything..
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