Trailer: 'The Big Short' with all-star line-up of Christian Bale, Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell

After Margin Call, Too Big to Fail, Inside Job, Up in the Air, The Queen of Versailles and Killing Them Softly; Hollywood is all set for another movie with the financial meltdown of 2008 at its centre. But before you lean back and decide to ignore this one, here is the cast for the new movie: Christian Bale, Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling, Melissa Leo and Steve Carell. [caption id=“attachment_2443224” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Christian Bale in The Big Short. Screengrab from the trailer[/caption] The film is based on the bestselling book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis, who also penned Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game and The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game (which were both turned into award winning and critically acclaimed movies). The non-fiction story follows a group of men who saw the financial meltdown coming and made money betting against the economy. The film’s directed by Adam McKay, the former Saturday Night Live head-writer, who has previously worked on films like Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Step Brothers and The Other Guys. The film was expected to be release in 2016 or later, but according to a report by Deadline, after the studio saw and were impressed by McKay’s near-complete cut of the film, the release was advanced and Paramount’s now hoping it will be one of its leading contenders for next year’s Oscars. Watch the trailer below:

The world premiere of the film is to take place on 12 November as the closing night selection of the AFI FEST 2015.