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Gawker: Why Did Sony Kill the Pitt/Soderbergh Film Adaptation of Michael Lewis' Moneyball ? [Hollywood]
Gawker: defamer: Why Did Sony Kill the Pitt/Soderbergh Film Adaptation of Michael Lewis' Moneyball?
Other Crap: Sony's Amy Pascal speaks out about 'Moneyball' | The Big Picture | Los Angeles Times
Why Did Sony Kill the Pitt/Soderbergh Film Adaptation of Michael Lewis' Moneyball ? [Hollywood]
Gawker —
... , the studio executive in charge of the film, spoke to the LA Times' Patrick Goldstein. According to Pascal, what it all boiled down to was essentially simple—The studio loved screenwriter Steven Zaillian's original adaptation of Lewis' book, while Soderbergh felt the script lacked authenticity and rewrote it himself, making radical changes that Pascal and the studio weren't willing to gamble on, fearful that Soderbergh would turn it into an "artsy" film like Solaris or Schizopolis, especially when baseball movies traditionally don't do well at the box ...
Why Did Sony Kill the Pitt/Soderbergh Film Adaptation of Michael Lewis' Moneyball?
Gawker: defamer —
... , the studio executive in charge of the film, spoke to the LA Times' Patrick Goldstein. According to Pascal, what it all boiled down to was essentially simple—The studio loved screenwriter Steven Zaillian's original adaptation of Lewis' book, while Soderbergh felt the script lacked authenticity and rewrote it himself, making radical changes that Pascal and the studio weren't willing to gamble on, fearful that Soderbergh would turn it into an "artsy" film like Solaris or Schizopolis, especially when baseball movies traditionally don't do well at the box ...
Sony's Amy Pascal speaks out about 'Moneyball' | The Big Picture | Los Angeles Times
Other Crap —
Sony's Amy Pascal explains why she pulled the plug on Moneyball I see her point. She was going to invest in what she believed to be a commercially viable, entertaining film with sort of a Bull Durham vibe. Soderbergh wanted to remove all the quirky intelligence and entertainment and replace it with literal truth and gritty authenticity. Pascal feared it would end up as Solaris with mitts, playing to empty stadiums ... er .. theaters. When gritty realistic movies are about certain subjects, they can make up in foreign markets when they lose in the USA, ...
The Informant Trailer: Matt Damon Gets Fat, Soderbergh Becomes the Coen Brothers
Vulture —
... Well, this is sort of funny. Last night, Sony boss Amy Pascal told the L.A. Times' Patrick Goldstein that she killed Steven Soderbergh's Moneyball movie because of the director's annoying commitment to realism (his last-minute revision of the screenplay allegedly sought to explain some events through interviews with real-life participants instead of acted scenes, and he supposedly deleted jokes that were in Steve Zaillian's draft of the script but not in Michael Lewis's original book). Also, hilariously, the trailer for Soderbergh's The Informant was ...
Soderbergh's Moneyball Script Too Real To Get Made
Gawker: defamer —
... movie is now in limbo. The studio would presumably still make the Zaillian version if they could find a director, but would likely lose Brad Pitt if Soderbergh walks. And the current talent is free to take the project somewhere else, but no one is biting, because that brings us all back to the original argument, "Why anyone make a movie about this?" Maybe Scott Hatteberg is really big overseas?
(Additional Soderbergh script reveals, information by Tommy Craggs.)
Sony's Amy Pascal speaks out about 'Moneyball' [Los Angeles Times, via Gawker] ...
Sony's Amy Pascal Finally Addresses 'Moneyball' Fiasco; Soderbergh Seems Officially Off The Project
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... Pascal has finally spoken out to the L.A. Times, and she's sticking to the story originally given out in Variety when the film was production was first canceled. ...
Brad Pitt’s ‘Moneyball’ isn’t getting made because it’s too artsy-fartsy
Cele|bitchy —
... believer in the film. “We love this movie, we always have and we still want to make it. It’s a completely innovative way to tell a baseball story. It’s about wanting to believe in magic, which is what baseball is all about.”
I’d still say that makes “Moneyball” a longshot. Or to put it in baseball terms, this is a project that will need to stage a big late-inning rally to put a win up on the scoreboard.
[From The Los Angeles Times]
So it’s not Brad’s fault - and Brad might even leave the project if ...
Soderbergh and Mann: Too Smart for the Room?
Thompson On Hollywood —
... Sony chief Amy Pascal (who explains herself to the LAT's Patrick Goldstein) has every right to pull the plug on a movie that started to look too risky for a $57 million starter budget. Add marketing costs and the movie would have to score at least $100 million theatrically, and the DVD cushion isn't there any more. (The NYT reports its ...
Maybe The Last Moneyball Update For A While: Soderbergh Is Off The Project, MLB Approval Still Pending
/Film —
... wasn’t that it was more crazy, but that it was too restrained. Zaillian’s draft had been more dramatic, more movie-like, and Soderbergh’s brought it back to reality. Perhaps too close to reality, as that’s what Pascal responded to. (What are the chances that Soderbergh’s draft went back to realism and the truth in order to ensure that MLB played along? Pretty good, though that might not be the only reason.)
As Patrick Goldstein said today in the LA Times:
The script, written by Oscar winner Steve Zaillian, was a baseball ...
One Final Update on Steven Soderbergh's Moneyball Fiasco
FirstShowing.net —
... had decided to pick up where Sony left off on Moneyball, meaning it would be shelved for now, I thought it would be appropriate to provide one more final update. The LA Times finally talked with Sony Pictures' exec Amy Pascal, the very same person who developed the project from the start and ...
Moneyball still sits in Sony limbo
Pitt Watch —
... The L.A. Times has a fairly informative article up discussing what went wrong with the Moneyball script. It also essentially states that as of now - which should be the second week of production based on the original schedule - Moneyball still sits in limbo, waiting to see if another studio will pick it up. ...
Moneyball still sits in Sony limbo
Pitt Watch —
... The L.A. Times has a fairly informative article up discussing what went wrong with the Moneyball script. It also essentially states that as of now - which should be the second week of production based on the original schedule - Moneyball still sits in limbo, waiting to see if another studio will pick it up. ...
Update on the Sony/Soderbergh/Pitt ‘Moneyball’ Fiasco
Screen Rant —
... not that Pitt will remain attached to the project. Could happen though. Sony would also need to find another director that could bring Zaillian’s ‘funny engergetic’ script to life, and considering the disaster with the last director and the $10 mil already wasted spent on the project, it’s unclear at this point whether or not Sony will take another swing at Moneyball.
We’ll keep you updated.
Source: L.A. Times
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Trying To Close The Door On Moneyball
The Hot Blog —
... Personally, I am a little miffed, as I asked about whether Soderbergh’s draft was a reflection of inaccuracies in the Zaillian draft and was told, “no.” A couple of days later, Patrick Goldstein became the only person to get an on-the-record conversation with Amy Pascal. And for good reason. He was so busy polishing Zaillian’s Oscar, he didn’t bother to ask any serious questions, freeing Sony from answering them. ...
Screenwriting News, Baby! 8/3/09
Mystery Man on Film —
... Ball on True Blood What genre of television would you say True Blood is, if you had to pick just one? Drama. We don’t have an actual sign in the writers room that reads, “It’s the emotions, stupid,” but we might as well. We feel like we have to keep these characters rooted in some sort of emotional reality because otherwise, it’s a parade of special effects and set pieces. On the implosion of the Moneyball project The movie, based on the bestselling ...
