LOS ANGELES, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Paramount Pictures released its trailer for "The Big Short," starring Christian Bale and Brad Pitt in the adaptation of Michael Lewis's book about the 2008 financial crisis and the four money-men who saw what was coming and plotted to make a killing by selling short.
Pitt and Bale play fictionalized versions of real-life hedge fund managers Ben Hockett and Michael Burry. Steve Carrell and Ryan Gosling co-star as money manager Steve Eisman (Carrell) and trader Greg Lippmann (Gosling).