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Who Will Direct Brad Pitt in 'Moneyball'?

source: Cinematical

Steven Soderbergh was three days from the start of filming on true-life underdog baseball flick Moneyball when he was unexpectedly yanked from the director's chair by Columbia Pictures head honcho Amy Pascal. She didn't like the latest script revisions, so Aaron Sorkin was hired to mak...

Published Sun, Dec 6

Capote's Bennett Miller Lands the Moneyball Directing Gig

source: First Showing

The latest update in the on-going Moneyball chronicles. Columbia Pictures kicked Steven Soderbergh off the project back in June. Then they hired Aaron Sorkin to rewrite Steve Zaillian's screenplay, which is based on Michael Lewis' non-fiction book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfa...

Published Sat, Dec 5

Brad's Still Pitching His Baseball Flick

source: X17 Online

Yesterday afternoon we snapped Brad Pitt leaving his office, and it looks like he's still searching for a director to keep his upcoming flick Moneyball in the game! After adding Aaron Sorkin to the team and cutting Steven Soderbergh,... Yesterday afternoon we snapped Brad Pitt leaving his...

Published Wed, Nov 11

Opinion: And you thought Hollywood was running out of ideas.

source: thelimitsofscience (WordPress)

Moneyball – Yes, the book about Oakland A’s General Manager Billy Beane’s ability to find good baseball players on the cheap is going to be made into a movie.  With Brad Pitt no less (originally Steven Soderbergh was to direct).   Now that sports video games have added the player contract as...

Published Thu, Jul 16

Brad Pitt’s ‘Moneyball’ isn’t getting made because it’s too artsy-fartsy

source: Cele

Brad Pitt was supposed to be working this summer. Months ago he signed on to star in Moneyball, directed by Steven Soderbergh, but then five days before the production officially started Sony Pictures pulled more than $50 million in financing and told Soderbergh and Pitt that they were fr...

Published Wed, Jul 1

Brad Pitt's Steven Soderbergh-Directed Adaptation Of 'Moneyball' Strikes Out

source: Gawker

Meanwhile, Michael Lewis is still sitting on piles of money from his Vanity Fair writing contract and this, while a small bump in the road for him, certainly isn't the end of it. This project's far too beloved by Hollywood for it to go anywhere but (eventually) into production, and Brad Pitt...

Published Sun, Jun 21

Movie Review: 'Ocean's Thirteen'

source: San Antonio Express

The most successful con George Clooney, director Steven Soderbergh and movie star pals Brad Pitt and Matt Damon are likely to ever pull off is getting us back in a theater for "Ocean's Thirteen."

Published Wed, Jun 6