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Casting is off the charts for this new movie-to-be already in production in New Orleans.

Paramount Pictures, New Regency and Plan B Entertainment just announced casting for “THE BIG SHORT,” with Christian Bale  Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt, Melissa Leo and Marisa Tomei for director Adam McKay who brought us “ANCHORMAN” and “THE OTHER GUYS”.

The film’s screenplay is written by McKay, from a script by Charles Randolph (“LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS”), based on Michael Lewis’ bestselling non-fiction book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine.

“THE BIG SHORT” is the remarkable true story of the genius contrarian investors who, recognizing just how insane the housing bubble had become, figured out how to “short” the market prior to the financial collapse of 2008.

The movie will be produced Brad Pitt’s Academy Award winning team at Plan B, which includes Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner who brought us “SELMA,” and “12 YEARS A SLAVE”.