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Paramount pushes ‘The Big Short’ into awards season

FILE - This Dec. 6, 2013 file photo shows director Adam McKay from the film "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues" in New York. Paramount Pictures on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015, announced that it will release the McKay-directed adaptation of Michael Lewis’ book, "“The Big Short: The Doomsday Machine," in limited release on December 11. A wider release will follow December 23. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP) FILE - This Dec. 6, 2013 file photo shows director Adam McKay from the film "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues" in New York. Paramount Pictures on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015, announced that it will release the McKay-directed adaptation of Michael Lewis’ book, "“The Big Short: The Doomsday Machine," in limited release on December 11. A wider release will follow December 23. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP)

By Associated Press September 22, 2015 1 min read

NEW YORK (AP) – Hollywood’s awards season has a surprise new entry: “The Big Short.”

Paramount Pictures on Tuesday announced that it will release the Adam McKay-directed adaptation of Michael Lewis’ book in limited release on Dec. 11. A wider release will follow Dec. 23.

The film boasts a star-studded cast of Christian Bale, Brad Pitt, Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling. It tells the true story of a handful of people who got rich by betting against banks and predicting the financial crash of 2008.

A trailer for the film also debuted Tuesday. “The Big Short” will first premiere at the AFI Fest in Los Angeles on Nov. 12.