{"id":5806,"date":"2015-09-23T12:48:49","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T16:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/?p=5806"},"modified":"2015-09-23T12:54:40","modified_gmt":"2015-09-23T16:54:40","slug":"trailer-christian-bale-brad-pitt-in-the-big-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/2015\/09\/23\/trailer-christian-bale-brad-pitt-in-the-big-short\/","title":{"rendered":"TRAILER: Christian Bale, Brad Pitt in &#8216;The Big Short&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/09\/thebigshort.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5808 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/09\/thebigshort.jpg\" alt=\"thebigshort\" width=\"1401\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/09\/thebigshort.jpg 1401w, https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/09\/thebigshort-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/09\/thebigshort-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1401px) 100vw, 1401px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Big_Short_(film)\" target=\"_blank\">The Big Short<\/a> <\/em>is an upcoming drama featuring Christian Bale and Brad Pitt in main roles. Based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Big_Short\" target=\"_blank\">2010 book<\/a> of an identical name by Michael Lewis, also the author of <em>Moneyball<\/em>, this December release examines the financial crisis that exploded in 2007. Ryan Gosling and Steve Carell add to an already impressive slew of Hollywood figures.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis has been widely praised for his book. It had a 28-week stay on the <em>New York Times <\/em>best-seller list. With <em>The Big Short <\/em>having a foundational literary backbone in addition to a standout cast, fans should be excited about what&#8217;s coming. Or frustrated, actually, depending on how these financial issues impacted you.<\/p>\n<p>Bale has long been my favorite actor out there, and it will be worth watching how he and fellow serious actors work with the usually funny Adam McKay. The director is responsible for comedies such as <em>Anchorman<\/em>, <em>Talladega Nights<\/em>, and <em>Step Brothers<\/em>. <em>The Big Short <\/em>classifies as a biographical drama, but don&#8217;t be surprised to see dark humor included.<\/p>\n<p>Such should be expected with McKay running the show. This movie could also be an awakening for Gosling, who hasn&#8217;t majorly shined in a role since <em>Drive<del><\/del><\/em>. Gosling has been unable to match that performance since, and he\u00a0also suffered a downfall for\u00a0his critically shredded directorial debut, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lost_River_(film)\" target=\"_blank\">Lost River<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Big Short <\/em>is in theaters December 11, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LWr8hbUkG9s[\/youtube]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Big Short is an upcoming drama featuring Christian Bale and Brad Pitt in main roles. Based on the 2010 book of an identical name by Michael Lewis, also the author of Moneyball, this December release examines the financial crisis that exploded in 2007. Ryan Gosling and Steve Carell add to an already impressive slew<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/2015\/09\/23\/trailer-christian-bale-brad-pitt-in-the-big-short\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":162,"featured_media":5808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[137,138],"tags":[2431,1393,1544,1014,1561,1462,2430],"class_list":{"0":"post-5806","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movie-trailers","8":"category-movies","9":"tag-brad-pitt","10":"tag-christian-bale","11":"tag-movie-trailers","12":"tag-movies-2","13":"tag-ryan-gosling","14":"tag-steve-carell","15":"tag-the-big-short"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/162"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}