BIG SHORT, Big Stars
Talk about your moneyball. The film version of Michael Lewis’s best seller about the financial meltdown, The Big Short, (Norton, 2011).has attracted some big stars, Brad Pitt, Christian Bale and Ryan Gosling, will star according to Variety. Pitt is producing.
Pitt, of course, starred in an adaptation of another title by Lewis, Moneyball, (Norton, 2003).
Before that, the movie based on his 2006 book, The Blind Side, (Norton), was also a hit.
Aaron Sorkin, who was wrote the screenplay for Moneyball, bought the rights to Lewis most recent title, Flash Boys, (Norton, 2014) and it was reported to be on his “front burner” after his success with Newsroon, but hacked Sony emails indicate he has passed on the project.