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Why Did Sony Kill the Pitt/Soderbergh Film Adaptation of Michael Lewis' Moneyball?

Gawker | by The Cajun Boy | Tue, Jun 30

Tue, Jun 30 Last week Sony killed Moneyball, the Steven Soderbergh-directed $58-million baseball film starring Brad Pitt based on Michael Lewis' book about former Oakland A's GM Billy Beane, just five days before filming was set to start. So what the hell happened?

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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 external link

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 external link

source: Gawker

Per a Variety report that dropped today, Columbia Studio head Amy Pascal hated the script so much when she got it, she shut down production on the movie, which was supposed to start Monday in Phoenix. The script, adapted from Lewis' book by Steve Zaillian (American Gangster, Schindler's L...

Published Sun, Jun 21

Movie Review: 'Ocean's Thirteen' external link

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