BIG SHORT's Charles Randolph & Adam McKay Win Oscar for Adapted Screenplay

Charles Randolph and Adam McKay have won the 2016 Academy Award for Best Adaptated Screeplay for THE BIG SHORT. Other nominees in the category were Brooklyn, Carol, The Martian and Room.

This is the first Academy Award nomination for Charles Randolph.

Including his nomination this year for Directing for THE BIG SHORT, this is the second Academy Award nomination for Adam McKay.

About BIG SHORT: Four OUTSIDERS to Wall Street use what are sometimes perceived as eccentric insights into the U.S. financial markets to predict the meltdowns of the housing market and big banks in 2008. Betting together on the coming catastrophe, the quartet manages to invest shrewdly and amass a fortune, all while exposing the corruption of several large financial institutions.

The 88th ACADEMY AWARDS are taking place tonight, Sunday, February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and are being televised live by the ABCTelevision Network. The Oscar presentation is also being televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide. Comedian, actor and filmmaker Chris Rock returns as host of the event for a second time.

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