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)
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.
Karla Sofía Gascón (r) and Zoe Saldaña in a scene from “Emilia Pérez.” (photo by Shanna Besson/courtesy of Netflix)
The Publicists of the International Cinematographers Guild (ICG, IATSE Local 600) have unveiled the nominees for the Maxwell Weinberg Award for Motion Picture Publicity Campaign, a category honored during the annual ICG Publicists Awards.
Celebrating outstanding achievement in motion picture publicity by members of the union, the winner will be announced during the awards luncheon on Friday, Feb. 28, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills.
2025 MAXWELL WEINBERG AWARD FOR MOTION PICTURE PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN NOMINEES:
--Bad Boys: Ride or Die – Sony Pictures Entertainment
--Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – Warner Bros. Pictures
--Deadpool & Wolverine – Marvel Studios / Walt Disney Studios
--Emilia Pérez – Netflix
--Gladiator II – Paramount Pictures
--The Strangers: Chapter 1 – Lionsgate Films
--Wicked – Universal Pictures
“We’re delighted to celebrate the Local 600 publicists who worked on these outstanding films,” shared Tim Menke and Sheryl Main, joint chairs of the ICG Publicists Awards committee. “Their tireless creativity shines a light on the year’s best films, ensuring these important stories find their audience.”
The final winners of the ICG Publicists Awards are determined via an online ballot of the ICG publicists membership, during the voting period Jan. 23-Jan. 30.
