Production The Big Short (film)




1 production

1.1 development
1.2 casting
1.3 filming





production
development

in 2013, paramount acquired rights 2010 non-fiction book big short: inside doomsday machine michael lewis, develop film, brad pitt s plan b entertainment produce. on march 24, 2014, adam mckay hired write , direct film housing , economic bubble. screenwriter charles randolph, co-wrote film mckay, said 1 of first challenges finding right tone film. told creative screenwriting, in general trying find right tone funnier average miloš forman comedy, grounded character-based not satirical got wag dog. somewhere between there shooting for. once got tone down, went through plot. market s movements provided underlying plot. make short deal, bank trying squeeze out, , breaks loose. pretty easy, , provided character arcs against that. 2 years after randolph wrote draft, mckay, director, rewrote randolph s screenplay. mckay s idea include celebrity cameos in film explain financial concepts.


casting

on january 13, 2015, variety reported brad pitt, christian bale, , ryan gosling set star in film, pitt producing film along dede gardner , jeremy kleiner. plan b entertainment finance, paramount handling distribution rights. before this, pitt had starred in adaptation of author s moneyball, nominated oscar. on january 14, announced steve carell star. on april 21, 2015, more cast revealed deadline, including melissa leo, marisa tomei, tracy letts, hamish linklater, john magaro, byron mann, rafe spall, jeremy strong, , finn wittrock. charles randolph wrote initial draft. max greenfield joined ensemble cast of film on april 23, 2015. karen gillan tweeted involvement in film on may 8, 2015.


filming

principal photography on film began on march 18, 2015 in new orleans, louisiana. on march 25, filming taking place on general de gaulle boulevard in algiers section of new orleans. on may 8, gillan confirmed shooting scenes. on may 20, 2015, filming took place on mercer, between prince street , spring street in manhattan, new york city. on may 22, production crew recreated offices of failed investment firm lehman brothers in lobby of new york state department of financial services in manhattan. assistant counsel department of financial services played 1 of extras in scene.








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