'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 sports film that focuses on Billy Beane, the Oakland A's, underdogs, and statistics. It's also retained the services of Brad Pitt, who is still attached to play Beane.
The bad but not altogether unexpected news is that Steven Soderbergh is off the project. His draft took a more documentary approach that Sony was certain would fail with moviegoers. I guess we'll never know, but I can't really blame Sony for being afraid of an approach that used an animated Bill James character. At least the director has a million other projects he can turn to for comfort. Will it be Making Jack Falcone? Liberace? Cleo? None of the above and out of nowhere? Very possibly.
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7-11-2009 @ 10:33PM
Vincent Pescosolido said...
I hope it's Making Jack Falcone! Mr. Soderbergh needs to make another Traffic type movie and I think Falcone's story has all the makings of a big blockbuster. His book, Making Jack Falcone, told an amazing story of this Undercover FBI Agent.
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7-13-2009 @ 12:15PM
jcompton said...
Oh no. Moneyball according to Sorkin.
[SCENE: Billy Beane and the Owner of the Athletics are walking down a hallway.]
Beane: We're looking for hitters with high OPS.
Owner: Ops?
Beane: OPS.
Owner: Like, operations? You want a cripple?
Beane: No, OPS. On-Base Percentage plus Slugging.
Owner: So, no operations.
Beane: No, just OPS.
Owner: Meaning what?
Beane: Meaning they get on base and hit for power.
Owner: What base?
Beane: Any base.
Owner: Any base?
Beane: Any base. More bases is better.
Owner: Oh. Why didn't you say so?
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