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Soderbergh and Pitt Look to Knock 'Moneyball' Out of the Park
Source: Variety
Variety reports that Steven Soderbergh is in early talks to direct Moneyball, the Columbia Pictures adaptation of the Michael Lewis book “Moneyball: The Art of Winning An Unfair Game.” Brad Pitt is set to star in the film.
Soderbergh is looking to make the picture his next directing assignment. He had been expected to next direct “Cleo,” the musical about the fatal romance between Egyptian queen Cleopatra and Roman general Marc Antony. Catherine Zeta-Jones and Hugh Jackman were lined up to star. However, Soderbergh decided to push back the film until next year, after Jackman dropped out due to scheduling problems.
Pitt, with whom Soderbergh has worked in all of the “Ocean’s” films, has been circling “Moneyball” since last year, when Zaillian signed on to adapt the book.
The book focuses on Oakland Athletics GM Billy Beane, as he used sophisticated computer analysis system to piece together a team that regularly contended for the World Series despite possessing a payroll dramatically lower than big-market rivals like the New York Yankees.
It's hard to see how this will be adopted for a major film and also if it will appeal to the general audiences and not just avid baseball fans. What do you think?
Variety reports that Steven Soderbergh is in early talks to direct Moneyball, the Columbia Pictures adaptation of the Michael Lewis book “Moneyball: The Art of Winning An Unfair Game.” Brad Pitt is set to star in the film.
Soderbergh is looking to make the picture his next directing assignment. He had been expected to next direct “Cleo,” the musical about the fatal romance between Egyptian queen Cleopatra and Roman general Marc Antony. Catherine Zeta-Jones and Hugh Jackman were lined up to star. However, Soderbergh decided to push back the film until next year, after Jackman dropped out due to scheduling problems.
Pitt, with whom Soderbergh has worked in all of the “Ocean’s” films, has been circling “Moneyball” since last year, when Zaillian signed on to adapt the book.
The book focuses on Oakland Athletics GM Billy Beane, as he used sophisticated computer analysis system to piece together a team that regularly contended for the World Series despite possessing a payroll dramatically lower than big-market rivals like the New York Yankees.
It's hard to see how this will be adopted for a major film and also if it will appeal to the general audiences and not just avid baseball fans. What do you think?
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Comment by Palmer on February 5, 2009 at 5:28pm -
This really is one of those books, that you really can't adapt into into film.
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Comment by Dr. Detfink on February 5, 2009 at 4:45pm -
It's a HARD book to adapt because it's about being a used carsalesmen and telling your fans, "We're not really here to compete, we're here to make money by lowering the payroll constantly by selling stars for draft picks..." It was a brilliant book for its time. For example, Beane tell their tool managers to run out Dotel and Embree out in situational saves so their ERA would be dressed up nicely to get a team to bite and re-stock their farm.
In the end, the A's never won a damn thing but they made money by selling off stars, collecting the revenue check and luxury tax to buy a stadium in San Jose "Thanks for coming Oakland fans!" where they will rape fans in a higher tax bracket.
Unfortunately, no other franchise killed a fan base like Beane.
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Comment by Mr. E on February 5, 2009 at 4:19pm -
Doesn't sound like a film I'd be all the enthused to see, and the Soderbergh / Pitt team-ups so far haven't been so thrilling....
LONG LIVE THE LEAGUE.
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