Paramount and Plan B plan to create a film adaptation of Michael Lewis’ 2010 bestselling title, The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine.
Actors Brad Pitt, Christian Bale, and Ryan Gosling will join the cast. Pitt will also serve as a producer. Filmmaker Adam McKay has signed on as the director and will work on writing the script.
Here’s more from Variety: “Lewis’ nonfiction tome tells the story of the build-up of the housing and credit bubble during the 2000s that led to the financial crisis of 2007-2010…Production start date is unknown. The book follows several key people who played a role in creating the disastrous credit bubble.”