When investment bank Lehman Brothers imploded in 2008 and became an opening act in a global economic clusterfudge of truly epic proportions, Lehman headquarters must have been absolutely fraught with drama, including stuff like rampart scapegoating, merciless backstabbing, and general horror.  The upcoming drama Margin Call is inspired by the bankruptcy of Lehman Brother, taking place at an investment bank in a single 24 hour period during which a whole lot of people are presumably thrown under the bus.  In the case of Lehman, that bus was not a bus, but a debt of over $700 billion.  A new poster for Margin Call gets across the financial goings-on while wisely showcasing the tremendous cast, including Kevin Spacey, Zachary Quinto, Demi Moore, Mary McDonnell, Paul Bettany, Aasif Mandvi, Simon Baker, and Penn Badgely.

Because the financial implosion of 2008 did not involve shoplifting celebrities,vajazzling, or a freeway closure, it remains an event, or rather an immensely complex series of events, that is underexplored in the popular consciousness.  The upcoming Margin Call appears to cleverly avoid much of the overwhelming complexity by focusing on a single period of 24 decisive hours at a single investment bank.  A first trailer for the film promises plenty of cutthroat maneuvering, scapegoating, and craven self-interest, all of which should get audiences rightly riled. 

A pretty terrific cast is currently being assembled for Margin Call, an indie drama tracking 24 hours in the lives of eight desperate people in the midst of a Wall Street financial crisis. (So maybe Crash meets Wall Street?) Demi Moore, Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Simon Baker, Zachary Quinto, Penn Badgley, and Stanley Tucci are among the high-profile names involved in the flick, which is being directed by newcomer J.C. Chandor. Deadline.com reports that Moore will take on the role of a chief risk management officer at a firm.

Quinto is producing with his Before The Door Pictures partners Neal Dodson and Corey Moosa, which begs the question, does every actor in this town have his own production company?