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Looks like Brad Pitt will be spending more time with the kids. Days before he was supposed to begin filming this week in Phoenix, Ariz., his Steven Soderbergh -directed baseball drama Moneyball has been put on hold. See what Brad Pitt and other stars looked like before they were hunks According to the Hollywood Reporter , Columbia studio co-chairman Amy Pascal "wasn't comfortable with the script," which had already undergone several changes since the movie was greenlit. Check out Brad Pitt and other stars' secret tattoos The studio had given Soderbergh a short time to finalize a new deal, including the opportunity to try to settle with another studio. But over the weekend, he managed to secure a new deal with Columbia. The studio will now re-assess what to do with the movie. Can you name this Oscar nominee? Soderbergh wrote the screenplay, which was adapted from Michael Lewis' nonfiction book about the Oakland Athletics and their GM Billy Beane. Pitt was to play ... (link)

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