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McKAY TO TAKE ON PARAMOUNT PICTURES AND PLAN B’S “THE BIG SHORT” FROM ACCLAIMED WRITER MICHAEL LEWIS Paramount Pictures and Plan B announced today that writer / director Adam McKay has come aboard to adapt and direct “ THE BIG SHORT ,” based on the acclaimed book by Michael Lewis. Based on Lewis’ best-seller The Big Short: Inside The Doomsday Machine about the housing and credit bubble of the 2000s, the film will be produced by Paramount and Brad Pitt's Plan B. Pitt previously starred in and produced Lewis’ “MONEYBALL,” which earned an Academy Award®-nomination for Best Picture. "Michael Lewis has the amazing ability to take complex formulas and concepts and turn them into page turners. Plan B and I connected over that breathless quality the book has. Very excited to jump into this," said McKay. Said Adam Goodman, Paramount Film Group President, “I am so excited as this project marks my third collaboration with Adam McKay – a tremendously talented filmmaker and ...

Dracula Film"Vlad" Has Found It's Screenwriter As we reported back in December that Actor Charlie Hunnam Wrote a script titled "Vlad" which would be produced by Summit, here is some more news to come out about the film. And some help it will be getting. Scott Kosar has been brought on to work on the screenplay for Summit Entertainment's "Vlad." Actor Charlie Hunnam ("Sons of Anarchy") wrote the original script, which takes an action-oriented look at Dracula, or Vlad the Impaler, as a young prince. Music video director and photographer Anthony Mandler recently came aboard to direct the project and will shepherd Kosar's work on the screenplay. Brad Pitt and Dede Gardner are producing through their Plan B shingle. Summit president of production Erik Feig and vp production Meredith Milton are overseeing the project. Jeremy Kleiner is shepherding for Plan B. Kosar is well-drenched in macabre storytelling. He wrote the script for the 20...