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Moneyball Back On, Without Soderbergh
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Moneyball Back On, Without Soderbergh Steven Soderbergh made a four-hour epic about Che Guevara, and a digital film starring a porn star. He is not the kind of guy who struggles to get a movie greenlit. But not only did Sony turn him down when he attempted to make his version of Michael Lewis' book Moneyball , they've now kicked him off the project entirely. Variety is reporting that Brad Pitt will still star in the film, and Sony will still make it, but Sodbergh is no longer on board as director. Amid rumors that Steven Zaillian's script was what made Sony pull the plug to ...
Moneyball is still in play
Total Film News —
Looks like based-on-reality baseball pic Moneyball might not be so dead after all. Brad Pitt is apparently still attached and now The West Wing’s Aaron Sorkin has been brought in to dig up and polish Steve Zaillian’s original script. Notably, Steven Soderbergh is no longer planning to direct the film, which was shoved into “limited turnaround” – ie other studios could opt to buy it – before Sony decided to cling on and try to make it work. We reported last month that the film was shut down over money and script worries, but now the studio seems intent on getting it back on its ...
Film: Newswire: Moneyball back in play. Aaron Sorkin to pinch-hit script polish
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The last time we checked in with Moneyball, Steven Soderbergh's proposed adaptation of Michael Lewis' bestseller about how Oakland As general manager Billy Beane used his big old brain bone and a fancy computer to turn his team into a contender on a tight budget, it had been put into turnaround after Sony came to its senses and realized a fifty million dollar movie about baseball strategy and statistics from Mr. Artsy Pants might not be a sure-fire box-office hit.
According to Variety, ...
So what's up with Brad Pitt's 'Moneyball'?
The Screening Log —
Just a couple of weeks ago we learned Columbia pulled the plug on Steven Soderbergh's sports drama "Moneyball" and put it into turnaround, but according to new reports, the studio is still on board.
So what's actually going on with this thing? Will we ever get to see it? According to Variety, yes, we will, but not from Soderbergh, whose rewrite of Steven Zaillian's script failed to impress studio head Amy Pascal.
Pascal's move to halt the project after disliking Soderbergh's vision came as an unexpected move, particularly because the film was all ready to shoot with Brad Pitt in the lead. Despite ...
Is Moneyball The Most Important Movie Project Of All Time?
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... just days before the film was supposed to start shooting, due to a supposedly unacceptable script rewrite from Soderbergh, he and Brad Pitt were allowed to shop the project around to other studios, all of whom passed. But now, Soderbergh has walked away from the project, and Columbia Pictures has ...
Is Moneyball The Most Important Movie Project Of All Time?
Videogum —
... just days before the film was supposed to start shooting, due to a supposedly unacceptable script rewrite from Soderbergh, he and Brad Pitt were allowed to shop the project around to other studios, all of whom passed. But now, Soderbergh has walked away from the project, and Columbia Pictures has ...
'Moneyball' Still Rolling at Sony, Aaron Sorkin Up to Bat
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If you were absolutely heartbroken at the loss of Sony's Moneyball, cheer up! It's still alive and swinging. Variety reports that the project has been revived with some new talent, though now it's in desperate need of a new director. The good news is that the man in charge of repairing it all is none other than Aaron Sorkin, who is riding high at Sony thanks to The Social Nework. Everyone's favorite screenwriter is taking a crack at Steve Zaillian's original script, and is expected to have it finished by August. Sorkin is steering it back to the film the studio wanted all along: a nice ...
