'Moneyball' movie is back on
Marc Graser of Variety has details:
Sony is still game on making the baseball pic "Moneyball," tapping Aaron Sorkin to polish an early script by Steve Zaillian.
Brad Pitt is still attached to star in Columbia Pictures' adaptation of Michael Lewis' nonfiction bestseller "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game," but Steven Soderbergh will no longer direct the pic.
Production on "Moneyball" was set to start last month but studio topper Amy Pascal wound up pulling the plug on the pic just days before lensing was to begin when Soderbergh turned in a new version of the script that the studio didn't want to make. ...
But Sony is keeping hold of the project, and Sorkin's changes will be more in line with the version the studio favored all along, which focuses on Oakland A's General Manager Billy Beane, who assembled a contending baseball club on a shoestring budget by employing a sophisticated computer-based analysis to draft players.
Soderbergh's draft and production plans took a more documentary approach that the studio felt wouldn't cross over commercially with moviegoers. ...
"Moneyball" also fits in well with Sorkin's previous experience as the creator and writer of ABC's drama "Sports Night." ...
Photo: Oakland A's General Manager Billy Beane in the upcoming motion picture "Moneyball." Credit: Christian Petersen / Getty Images
Hey, I wasn't too far off.
Earlier today, I posted this
Torre had Pierre hitting 9th early in the year. Why not use:
Kemp
Ethier
Manny
Blake
Loney
Martin
Hudson
Pitcher
Furcal
Posted by: Deuces are Wild | July 09, 2009 at 09:46 AM
If you flip-flop Kemp and Furcal, and get the pitcher back to the 9th spot, you get tonight's lineup.
Pretty close indeed.
Posted by: Deuces are Wild | July 09, 2009 at 02:55 PM
you are missing the fact that Billy Beene has refused to meet with Sorkin, Pascal or Pitt and that somewhat torpedos the project
Posted by: Brian | July 09, 2009 at 02:56 PM
.I could see Werth being worthy than both Victorino/Kemp since Werth can also play CF.
Jack, from last thread...
Did you mean Kemp instead of Werth? Werth is the only one of those three that doesn't play CF.
Posted by: Eric Stephen | July 09, 2009 at 02:57 PM
Werth can play CF, but doesn't due to Victorino being on the team.
Posted by: Tripon | July 09, 2009 at 02:59 PM
I hope the Outback sequence is still part of the movie.
Posted by: fanerman | July 09, 2009 at 03:03 PM
Who is going to play Paul DePodesta? So exciting...
Posted by: LASportsCentral.com | July 09, 2009 at 03:06 PM
I thought Demetri Martin was slated to play DePo.
Posted by: Eric Stephen | July 09, 2009 at 03:06 PM
Jon, will you be auditioning for the role of Brian Cashman?
Posted by: blue22 | July 09, 2009 at 03:16 PM
Werth hits in a bandbox.
WAR:
Matt Kemp: 3.7
Jayson Werth: 2.6
Werth may be all-star worthy, but not at the expense of Mr Bison.
vr, Xei
Posted by: Xeifrank | July 09, 2009 at 03:18 PM
How much of that WAR is a defensive difference that no one would give Kemp credit for?
Posted by: regfairfield | July 09, 2009 at 03:19 PM
Reg, a lot.
vr, Xei
Posted by: Xeifrank | July 09, 2009 at 03:20 PM
The Dodgers just sent me an email thanking me for voting for the Bison. I've been entered to win a Matt Kemp bobblehead, and given a promo code for tickets. Cool beans.
Posted by: fanerman | July 09, 2009 at 03:22 PM
I got the same message and I didn't even vote!
Posted by: Phenomenal Smith | July 09, 2009 at 03:25 PM
So we have Phenomenal to blame for Matt losing
Posted by: kevin lewis | July 09, 2009 at 03:27 PM
So, where are the rumors about Pedro to the Phillies coming from? I would be okay with this, as long as it means no Halliday to the Phillies
Posted by: kevin lewis | July 09, 2009 at 03:32 PM
From a Spanish website.
Posted by: Tripon | July 09, 2009 at 03:35 PM
NPUT
Posted by: Jon Weisman | July 09, 2009 at 03:36 PM
I am repeating myself from another site but I say bring on David Fincher - shelve the stupid Facebook movie - and find a role for Ed Norton. Keep the Brad Pitt pumping iron and shower scenes and throw in a fight scene.
Come on. Is that a winner or what?
Posted by: Kathleen P. | July 09, 2009 at 04:20 PM
Love Dmitri Martin and it'll be interesting to see him play DePo without making fun of him
Posted by: Mike G | July 09, 2009 at 06:41 PM
Here's a link to the original script by Zillian: http://jobpal.com/tsh8
Posted by: Moneyball Movie | July 09, 2009 at 07:14 PM
I am so excited about Moneyball. After all, the A's have won so many titles under Beane. The Angels have generally been leaving them in the dust for years. OVERRATED.
Posted by: Chunkdog | July 09, 2009 at 08:44 PM
Here we go again. This decade:
A's: 850-689, 5 playoffs, 0 championships, $51M avg payroll
Angels: 849-692, 5 playoffs, 1 championship, $85M avg payroll
Oh, but I forgot the most important measure of a team's ability is how well they do in a random seven-game stretch rather than 162 meaningless games.
FACT: the Oakland A's have performed identically to the Angels since the turn of the millennium at 60% of the cost. The point of Moneyball isn't how to be the best team in the league; it's how to maximize performance on limited resources. Of course, following the analytical principles the A's have on a larger budget would certainly go a long way toward making you the best team in the league. See: Theo Epstein, Boston Red Sox. Give Billy Bean another $34M per year and watch him leave the Angels in the dust.
Posted by: Hotblack Desiato | July 10, 2009 at 12:40 PM
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Posted by: Moneyball Movie | July 13, 2009 at 07:45 PM