The Big Short Enters the Oscars Race With a Brand New Trailer
Christian Bale is a good guy with a bad haircut in the true-life financial crisis thriller about the 2008 crash.
Watch out, Sicario. Christian Bale and Brad Pitt and Ryan Gosling are coming for your Oscars.
Adam McKay’s The Big Short, about a rogue analyst who uncovered the sub-prime lending fraud that led to the 2008 crash, has entered the race with a new trailer and a December release date.
The true-life drama, also starring Steve Carrell, Marisa Tomei, and Melissa Leo, is based on the Michael Lewis’ book The Big Short: Inside The Doomsday Machine. It’s an inside look at the Wall Street good guys and bad guys, and how a few resourceful rogues got rich betting against the mortgage bubble.
The Big Short looks a bit like Margin Call but with a bigger marketing budget and an appealing hero; throw in a star-studded cast and the Academy’s established enthusiasm for Michael Lewis adaptations (The Blind Side, Moneyball) and you can just about guarantee The Big Short will have a seat at the Oscar table — unless something goes horribly wrong.
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