Hello ladies and gentlemen, here is some movie news with some of my thoughts and opinions (which will be in BOLD print). So without further ado...
(NOTE: All of these stories come from comingsoon.net)
WARNING: Potential spoilers for Marvel Studios’ “Phase Three.” The future of Spider-Man at Sony Pictures has been a big question mark ever since last year’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2 failed to meet studio expectations. Though spin-off films for the franchise are in development, with The Sinister Six even scheduled for release on November 11, 2016, there’s still been no official word on what will happen with the wall crawler. Rumors and reports persisted last month in the wake of the Sony hack that discussions had taken place between Sony and Marvel Studios to “bring the character home,” though none of those details have been confirmed and vary wildly from place to place as to whether they fell through or would continue. Now, Latino-Review has quite the report on the webhead that, should it come to fruition, should delight many fans.
The outlet reports (following a number of potential spoilers for other Marvel films) that Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War Part I will sideline a number of the heroes from Phase One (corroborating an earlier report that said the same) in favor of the new faces of Phase Three at the forefront. Among those faces, the site reports, will be none other than Spider-Man. Not only will an MCU version of the character reportedly appear in the film, but he will be played by a new actor It’s unclear what this means for the planned films at Sony or when, if true, an official announcement will come, but should our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man return to Marvel and meet his fellow Avengers, it will arguably be the biggest thing to happen in the history of superhero movies. Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War Part I is set for release on May 4, 2018 with Part II to debut one year later on May 3, 2019.
This is a interesting report. Now before anyone jumps for joy remember this is a rumor and it has not been confirmed by Marvel or Sony. With that out of the way I think that this report it very likely to come true. It matches up everything that's been said that'll happen at the end of The Avengers: Age of Ultron with a new Avengers team assembling and the story arcs for our current team of Avengers. Look I've always said that I don't care if Spider-Man ever comes back to Marvel because Marvel is so use to doing two films a year and starting to do three, if you make a stand-alone Spider-Man film then you have to cancel a movie like Captain Marvel, Black Panther, Doctor Strange or The Inhumans. Now granted we could not see a solo Spider-Man film until late 2019 or 2020 and if that happens then I'll be ok with Spider-Man coming home for good.
As for who the next Peter Parker I will say that Andrew Garfield did a really great job in the role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man, but if Spider-Man comes home then you have to get a new actor that way you don't confuse the general movie going audience and make them think that The Amazing Spider-Man films are connected to the MCU when they are not. If I had to choose someone I would go with either a young vet in Logan Lerman or Josh Hutcherson (both will be 26 by the time The Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 hits theaters) or the possibility of a major dark horse... Daniel Radcliffe (who will be 29 by the time The Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 hits theaters). Right now this is all rumor and we'll just have to wait and see.
The Associated Press reports today from an event held by the New Zealand Screen Advisory Board where director James Cameron revealed that the release date of the upcoming Avatar 2 has been delayed from December 2016 to December 2017. “There’s a layer of complexity in getting the story to work as a saga across three films that you don’t get when you’re making a stand-alone film,” said Cameron.“We’re writing three simultaneously. And we’ve done that so that everything tracks throughout the three films. We’re not just going to do one and then make up another one and another one after that and parallel with that, we’re doing all the design. So we’ve designed all the creatures and the environments.” Cameron revealed he still plans to shoot all three sequels simultaneously and release them a year apart. “We were probably a bit ambitious with [the film],” Cameron added (via 3news). “It took me six months to write the first and we’re writing three altogether.” Set to feature the return of cast members Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang and Sigourney Weaver, Avatar 2, 3, and 4 will be produced by Cameron and Jon Landau through their Lightstorm Entertainment. The sequels are currently being written by Cameron along with Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, Josh Friedman, and Shane Salerno. The original 2009 film is the top grossing movie of all time with $2.782 billion at the worldwide box office.
I really like these comments. James Cameron is a perfectionist and it's proven by the masterful work that he does and if says he needs another year then I'll give him another year. But I will say that I feel like the Avatar sensation is over and that a sequel is a couple years too late. I'm looking forward to these films, but I just don't know how audiences will respond with an 8 year gap between the original and the sequel.
For the 35th year in a row, The Golden Raspberry Award Foundation has announced the nominations for the Razzie Awards right before the Oscar nominations. You can check out their announcement below, followed by the nominations list. Do you agree with what they are calling the worst of 2014? Hollywood was not happy with box office returns for 2014, their lowest-grossing year in recent history. Despite a handful of high-grossing hits, there were way more major misses — movies based on recycled premises and re-worked concepts that were already tired a decade or more ago, the cinematic equivalent of re-treaded tires. Those are the films The Golden Raspberry Awards have annually “saluted” since 1980. Nominees for the 35th Annual Razzie® Awards, satirizing the Worst Achievements in Film for 2014, include new names and several Repeat Offenders, returning for more pie-in-the-face/light-hearted joshing by the one Tinsel Town trophy derby no one sets out to win. And, in a new spin on the entire Razzie concept, this year launches a new category acknowledging that past nominees and “winners” can (and often do) go on to far far better things. Contenders for the inaugural Razzie Redeemer Award include Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Mike Myers, Keanu Reeves, and Kristen Stewart. This year’s Worst Picture list features a big-grossing block-buster sequel, a muscle-headed dud, a critically drubbed remake, a reboot of a long-dead franchise, — and the film currently ranked as The Worst Movie of All Time on the IMDb’s Bottom 100 list. Performers up for the $4.79 gold-spray-painted trophy are a veritable Who’s Who of Hollywood Royalty. The Razzies were created in 1980 as the comical counterpoint to Tinsel Town’s annual glut of self-congratulatory awards by John Wilson, author of The Official Razzie Movie Guide and Everything I Know I Learned At The Movies.
35th Annual Golden Raspberry (RAZZIE®) Awards Nominees
WORST PICTURE
Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
Left Behind
The Legend of Hercules
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Transformers 4: Age of Ex-STINK-Tion
WORST ACTOR
Nicolas Cage / Left Behind
Kirk Cameron / Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
Kellan Lutz / The Legend of Hercules
Seth MacFarlane / A Million Ways To Die in the West
Adam Sandler / Blended
WORST ACTRESS
Drew Barrymore / Blended
Cameron Diaz / The Other Woman and Sex Tape
Melissa McCarthy / Tammy
Charlize Theron / A Million Ways to Die in the West
Gaia Weiss / The Legend of Hercules
THE RAZZIE REDEEMER AWARD (New Category!)
Ben Affleck (From RAZZIE “Winner” for GIGLI to Oscar Darling for ARGO and GONE GIRL)
Jennifer Aniston (From 4-Time RAZZIE Nominee to SAG Award Nominee for CAKE)
Mike Myers (From RAZZIE “Winner” for LOVE GURU to Docu Director of SUPERMENSCH)
Keanu Reeves (From 6-Time RAZZIE Nominee to Critically Acclaimed JOHN WICK)
Kristen Stewart (From RAZZIE “Winner” for TWILIGHT to the Art House Hit CAMP X-RAY)
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cameron Diaz / Annie
Megan Fox / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Nicola Peltz / Transformers: Age of Extinction
Brigitte Ridenour (Kirk’s Sister) / Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
Susan Sarandon / Tammy
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mel Gibson/ Expendables 3
Kelsey Grammer / Expendables 3, Legends of Oz, Think Like a Man Too and Transformers: Age of Extinction
Shaquille O’Neal / Blended
Ah-Nuld Schwarzenegger / Expendables 3
Kiefer Sutherland/ Pompeii
WORST DIRECTOR
Michael Bay / Transformers: Age of Extinction
Darren Doane / Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
Renny Harlin / The Legend of Hercules
Jonathan Liebesman / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Seth MacFarlane / A Million Ways To Die in the West
WORST SCREEN COMBO
Any Two Robots, Actors (or Robotic Actors) Transformers: Age of Extinction
Kirk Cameron & His Ego / Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
Cameron Diaz & Jason Segel / Sex Tape
Kellan Lutz & Either His Abs, His Pecs or His Glutes / The Legend of Hercules
Seth MacFarlane & Charlize Theron / A Million Ways To Die in the West
WORST SCREENPLAY
Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas, Written by Darren Doane and Cheston Hervey
Left Behind, Screenplay by Paul LaLonde and John Patus,
Based on the Novel by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
Sex Tape, Screenplay by Kate Angelo and Jason Segel & Nicholas Stoller
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Written by Evan Daugherty and Andre Nemec & Josh Applebaum,
Based on Characters Created by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman
Transformers: Age of Extinction, Written by Ehren Kruger, Based on Hasbro’s Transformers Action Figures
WORST REMAKE, RIP-OFF OR SEQUEL
Annie
Atlas Shrugged #3: Who Is John Galt?
The Legend of Hercules
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Transformers: Age of Extinction
I really enjoy the Razzies. It's nice to see an awards show for the best films of the year, but it's also nice to have an award show to remind us of all the crap we had in a given year. Nothing is really surprising about the nominations other than Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles which I thought was ok, but not Razzie worthy. Overall I can't complain about this list and I can't wait to see what get's awarded the worst of 2014.
MTV today has an intriguing update on one of the stories that you may or may not have read about elsewhere: The LEGO Movie helmers Phil Lord and Chris Miller have toyed with the idea of crossing over their 21 Jump Street franchise with another key Sony property - Men in Black. The outlet spoke with Lord and Miller on the Golden Globes red carpet and learned that such a crossover is not necessarily off the table. “Nothing’s changed,” says Lord. “It’s still a crazy idea, and we only do things that seem like they’re going to be terrible… We’re really focusing on what’s a great story for Schmidt and Jenko and how to tell the next chapter in their lives. And perhaps use creatures from another world at the same time!” The creative pair were also asked another recent rumor that they may helm an animated Spider-Man film. Again, it sounds like such a project still has every chance of moving forward. “We’re developing a lot of things, you know,” adds Miller. “And they may or may not all happen, but that’s how the business works.”
This is a stupid idea. Now let me say that I really enjoy both franchises a lot and they are great by themselves, but the film would be horrible if both of these universes crossover. You automatically hold yourself accountable for explaining how both of these universes coexist with each other and I think these two franchises are on completely different paths. All I can is that if it happens then it happens.
Following yesterday‘s announcement of The Big Short, The Hollywood Reporter is today bringing word that Steve Carell will be joining Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt the A-lister ensemble. Set up at Pitt’s Plan B Productions, The Big Short is being adapted by Adam McKay from Michael Lewis’ bestseller “The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine.” Published in 2011, the book is officially described as follows: When the crash of the U. S. stock market became public knowledge in the fall of 2008, it was already old news. The real crash, the silent crash, had taken place over the previous year, in bizarre feeder markets where the sun doesn’t shine, and the SEC doesn’t dare, or bother, to tread: the bond and real estate derivative markets where geeks invent impenetrable securities to profit from the misery of lower- and middle-class Americans who can’t pay their debts. The smart people who understood what was or might be happening were paralyzed by hope and fear; in any case, they weren’t talking.
The crucial question is this: Who understood the risk inherent in the assumption of ever-rising real estate prices, a risk compounded daily by the creation of those arcane, artificial securities loosely based on piles of doubtful mortgages? Michael Lewis turns the inquiry on its head to create a fresh, character-driven narrative brimming with indignation and dark humor, a fitting sequel to his #1 best-selling Liar’s Poker. Who got it right? he asks. Who saw the real estate market for the black hole it would become, and eventually made billions of dollars from that perception? And what qualities of character made those few persist when their peers and colleagues dismissed them as Chicken Littles? The new update also gives us a look at who each actor will be playing. According to THR, Carell will star as FrontPoint Partners money manager Steve Eisman, Bale as Scion Capital’s Michael Burry, Gosling as Deutsche Bank trader Greg Lippman and Pitt as Cornwall Capital’s Ben Hockett. The trade also confirms that McKay will both write and direct The Big Short with Pitt producing alongisde DeDe Gardner.
This is really great casting. Steve Carell is an amazing actor and he has shown that he can do dramatic films (see Foxcatcher and The Way Way Back) and I think he fits in well with the film. As I said yesterday this film sounds like Oscar bait if done right and with this casting my theory becomes more and more likely, but I cannot wait to see the film.
So there you have it ladies and gentlemen, which of these stories peaked your interest or was there another story that interested you? Let me know in the comments section below and let your voice be heard.
Jonah Sparks
(NOTE: All of these stories come from comingsoon.net)
WARNING: Potential spoilers for Marvel Studios’ “Phase Three.” The future of Spider-Man at Sony Pictures has been a big question mark ever since last year’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2 failed to meet studio expectations. Though spin-off films for the franchise are in development, with The Sinister Six even scheduled for release on November 11, 2016, there’s still been no official word on what will happen with the wall crawler. Rumors and reports persisted last month in the wake of the Sony hack that discussions had taken place between Sony and Marvel Studios to “bring the character home,” though none of those details have been confirmed and vary wildly from place to place as to whether they fell through or would continue. Now, Latino-Review has quite the report on the webhead that, should it come to fruition, should delight many fans.
The outlet reports (following a number of potential spoilers for other Marvel films) that Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War Part I will sideline a number of the heroes from Phase One (corroborating an earlier report that said the same) in favor of the new faces of Phase Three at the forefront. Among those faces, the site reports, will be none other than Spider-Man. Not only will an MCU version of the character reportedly appear in the film, but he will be played by a new actor It’s unclear what this means for the planned films at Sony or when, if true, an official announcement will come, but should our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man return to Marvel and meet his fellow Avengers, it will arguably be the biggest thing to happen in the history of superhero movies. Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War Part I is set for release on May 4, 2018 with Part II to debut one year later on May 3, 2019.
This is a interesting report. Now before anyone jumps for joy remember this is a rumor and it has not been confirmed by Marvel or Sony. With that out of the way I think that this report it very likely to come true. It matches up everything that's been said that'll happen at the end of The Avengers: Age of Ultron with a new Avengers team assembling and the story arcs for our current team of Avengers. Look I've always said that I don't care if Spider-Man ever comes back to Marvel because Marvel is so use to doing two films a year and starting to do three, if you make a stand-alone Spider-Man film then you have to cancel a movie like Captain Marvel, Black Panther, Doctor Strange or The Inhumans. Now granted we could not see a solo Spider-Man film until late 2019 or 2020 and if that happens then I'll be ok with Spider-Man coming home for good.
As for who the next Peter Parker I will say that Andrew Garfield did a really great job in the role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man, but if Spider-Man comes home then you have to get a new actor that way you don't confuse the general movie going audience and make them think that The Amazing Spider-Man films are connected to the MCU when they are not. If I had to choose someone I would go with either a young vet in Logan Lerman or Josh Hutcherson (both will be 26 by the time The Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 hits theaters) or the possibility of a major dark horse... Daniel Radcliffe (who will be 29 by the time The Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 hits theaters). Right now this is all rumor and we'll just have to wait and see.
The Associated Press reports today from an event held by the New Zealand Screen Advisory Board where director James Cameron revealed that the release date of the upcoming Avatar 2 has been delayed from December 2016 to December 2017. “There’s a layer of complexity in getting the story to work as a saga across three films that you don’t get when you’re making a stand-alone film,” said Cameron.“We’re writing three simultaneously. And we’ve done that so that everything tracks throughout the three films. We’re not just going to do one and then make up another one and another one after that and parallel with that, we’re doing all the design. So we’ve designed all the creatures and the environments.” Cameron revealed he still plans to shoot all three sequels simultaneously and release them a year apart. “We were probably a bit ambitious with [the film],” Cameron added (via 3news). “It took me six months to write the first and we’re writing three altogether.” Set to feature the return of cast members Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang and Sigourney Weaver, Avatar 2, 3, and 4 will be produced by Cameron and Jon Landau through their Lightstorm Entertainment. The sequels are currently being written by Cameron along with Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, Josh Friedman, and Shane Salerno. The original 2009 film is the top grossing movie of all time with $2.782 billion at the worldwide box office.
I really like these comments. James Cameron is a perfectionist and it's proven by the masterful work that he does and if says he needs another year then I'll give him another year. But I will say that I feel like the Avatar sensation is over and that a sequel is a couple years too late. I'm looking forward to these films, but I just don't know how audiences will respond with an 8 year gap between the original and the sequel.
For the 35th year in a row, The Golden Raspberry Award Foundation has announced the nominations for the Razzie Awards right before the Oscar nominations. You can check out their announcement below, followed by the nominations list. Do you agree with what they are calling the worst of 2014? Hollywood was not happy with box office returns for 2014, their lowest-grossing year in recent history. Despite a handful of high-grossing hits, there were way more major misses — movies based on recycled premises and re-worked concepts that were already tired a decade or more ago, the cinematic equivalent of re-treaded tires. Those are the films The Golden Raspberry Awards have annually “saluted” since 1980. Nominees for the 35th Annual Razzie® Awards, satirizing the Worst Achievements in Film for 2014, include new names and several Repeat Offenders, returning for more pie-in-the-face/light-hearted joshing by the one Tinsel Town trophy derby no one sets out to win. And, in a new spin on the entire Razzie concept, this year launches a new category acknowledging that past nominees and “winners” can (and often do) go on to far far better things. Contenders for the inaugural Razzie Redeemer Award include Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Mike Myers, Keanu Reeves, and Kristen Stewart. This year’s Worst Picture list features a big-grossing block-buster sequel, a muscle-headed dud, a critically drubbed remake, a reboot of a long-dead franchise, — and the film currently ranked as The Worst Movie of All Time on the IMDb’s Bottom 100 list. Performers up for the $4.79 gold-spray-painted trophy are a veritable Who’s Who of Hollywood Royalty. The Razzies were created in 1980 as the comical counterpoint to Tinsel Town’s annual glut of self-congratulatory awards by John Wilson, author of The Official Razzie Movie Guide and Everything I Know I Learned At The Movies.
35th Annual Golden Raspberry (RAZZIE®) Awards Nominees
WORST PICTURE
Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
Left Behind
The Legend of Hercules
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Transformers 4: Age of Ex-STINK-Tion
WORST ACTOR
Nicolas Cage / Left Behind
Kirk Cameron / Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
Kellan Lutz / The Legend of Hercules
Seth MacFarlane / A Million Ways To Die in the West
Adam Sandler / Blended
WORST ACTRESS
Drew Barrymore / Blended
Cameron Diaz / The Other Woman and Sex Tape
Melissa McCarthy / Tammy
Charlize Theron / A Million Ways to Die in the West
Gaia Weiss / The Legend of Hercules
THE RAZZIE REDEEMER AWARD (New Category!)
Ben Affleck (From RAZZIE “Winner” for GIGLI to Oscar Darling for ARGO and GONE GIRL)
Jennifer Aniston (From 4-Time RAZZIE Nominee to SAG Award Nominee for CAKE)
Mike Myers (From RAZZIE “Winner” for LOVE GURU to Docu Director of SUPERMENSCH)
Keanu Reeves (From 6-Time RAZZIE Nominee to Critically Acclaimed JOHN WICK)
Kristen Stewart (From RAZZIE “Winner” for TWILIGHT to the Art House Hit CAMP X-RAY)
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cameron Diaz / Annie
Megan Fox / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Nicola Peltz / Transformers: Age of Extinction
Brigitte Ridenour (Kirk’s Sister) / Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
Susan Sarandon / Tammy
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mel Gibson/ Expendables 3
Kelsey Grammer / Expendables 3, Legends of Oz, Think Like a Man Too and Transformers: Age of Extinction
Shaquille O’Neal / Blended
Ah-Nuld Schwarzenegger / Expendables 3
Kiefer Sutherland/ Pompeii
WORST DIRECTOR
Michael Bay / Transformers: Age of Extinction
Darren Doane / Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
Renny Harlin / The Legend of Hercules
Jonathan Liebesman / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Seth MacFarlane / A Million Ways To Die in the West
WORST SCREEN COMBO
Any Two Robots, Actors (or Robotic Actors) Transformers: Age of Extinction
Kirk Cameron & His Ego / Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
Cameron Diaz & Jason Segel / Sex Tape
Kellan Lutz & Either His Abs, His Pecs or His Glutes / The Legend of Hercules
Seth MacFarlane & Charlize Theron / A Million Ways To Die in the West
WORST SCREENPLAY
Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas, Written by Darren Doane and Cheston Hervey
Left Behind, Screenplay by Paul LaLonde and John Patus,
Based on the Novel by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
Sex Tape, Screenplay by Kate Angelo and Jason Segel & Nicholas Stoller
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Written by Evan Daugherty and Andre Nemec & Josh Applebaum,
Based on Characters Created by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman
Transformers: Age of Extinction, Written by Ehren Kruger, Based on Hasbro’s Transformers Action Figures
WORST REMAKE, RIP-OFF OR SEQUEL
Annie
Atlas Shrugged #3: Who Is John Galt?
The Legend of Hercules
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Transformers: Age of Extinction
I really enjoy the Razzies. It's nice to see an awards show for the best films of the year, but it's also nice to have an award show to remind us of all the crap we had in a given year. Nothing is really surprising about the nominations other than Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles which I thought was ok, but not Razzie worthy. Overall I can't complain about this list and I can't wait to see what get's awarded the worst of 2014.
MTV today has an intriguing update on one of the stories that you may or may not have read about elsewhere: The LEGO Movie helmers Phil Lord and Chris Miller have toyed with the idea of crossing over their 21 Jump Street franchise with another key Sony property - Men in Black. The outlet spoke with Lord and Miller on the Golden Globes red carpet and learned that such a crossover is not necessarily off the table. “Nothing’s changed,” says Lord. “It’s still a crazy idea, and we only do things that seem like they’re going to be terrible… We’re really focusing on what’s a great story for Schmidt and Jenko and how to tell the next chapter in their lives. And perhaps use creatures from another world at the same time!” The creative pair were also asked another recent rumor that they may helm an animated Spider-Man film. Again, it sounds like such a project still has every chance of moving forward. “We’re developing a lot of things, you know,” adds Miller. “And they may or may not all happen, but that’s how the business works.”
This is a stupid idea. Now let me say that I really enjoy both franchises a lot and they are great by themselves, but the film would be horrible if both of these universes crossover. You automatically hold yourself accountable for explaining how both of these universes coexist with each other and I think these two franchises are on completely different paths. All I can is that if it happens then it happens.
Following yesterday‘s announcement of The Big Short, The Hollywood Reporter is today bringing word that Steve Carell will be joining Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt the A-lister ensemble. Set up at Pitt’s Plan B Productions, The Big Short is being adapted by Adam McKay from Michael Lewis’ bestseller “The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine.” Published in 2011, the book is officially described as follows: When the crash of the U. S. stock market became public knowledge in the fall of 2008, it was already old news. The real crash, the silent crash, had taken place over the previous year, in bizarre feeder markets where the sun doesn’t shine, and the SEC doesn’t dare, or bother, to tread: the bond and real estate derivative markets where geeks invent impenetrable securities to profit from the misery of lower- and middle-class Americans who can’t pay their debts. The smart people who understood what was or might be happening were paralyzed by hope and fear; in any case, they weren’t talking.
The crucial question is this: Who understood the risk inherent in the assumption of ever-rising real estate prices, a risk compounded daily by the creation of those arcane, artificial securities loosely based on piles of doubtful mortgages? Michael Lewis turns the inquiry on its head to create a fresh, character-driven narrative brimming with indignation and dark humor, a fitting sequel to his #1 best-selling Liar’s Poker. Who got it right? he asks. Who saw the real estate market for the black hole it would become, and eventually made billions of dollars from that perception? And what qualities of character made those few persist when their peers and colleagues dismissed them as Chicken Littles? The new update also gives us a look at who each actor will be playing. According to THR, Carell will star as FrontPoint Partners money manager Steve Eisman, Bale as Scion Capital’s Michael Burry, Gosling as Deutsche Bank trader Greg Lippman and Pitt as Cornwall Capital’s Ben Hockett. The trade also confirms that McKay will both write and direct The Big Short with Pitt producing alongisde DeDe Gardner.
This is really great casting. Steve Carell is an amazing actor and he has shown that he can do dramatic films (see Foxcatcher and The Way Way Back) and I think he fits in well with the film. As I said yesterday this film sounds like Oscar bait if done right and with this casting my theory becomes more and more likely, but I cannot wait to see the film.
So there you have it ladies and gentlemen, which of these stories peaked your interest or was there another story that interested you? Let me know in the comments section below and let your voice be heard.
Jonah Sparks
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