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Steven Soderbergh Officially Off ‘Moneyball,’ MLB Approval Wasn’t Given? Murky Project All But Dead…

Rodrigo Perez — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:41:00 +0000

Man, we’ve just about had it up to here with the all the curveballs on “Moneyball.” But a New York Times says he’s unequivocally off the project as well. Good, that kind of instantly loses our interest in the project.

As of Tuesday [yesterday, June 30], “Moneyball” was back in development, with Sony executives still hoping at some point to work with Mr. Pitt. But Mr. Soderbergh was off the project. And the studio was gearing up eventually to find someone who would direct something more like the version of the script written by the Oscar-winner Steven Zaillian than the rewritten version by Mr.

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Sony’s Amy Pascal Finally Addresses ‘Moneyball’ Fiasco; Soderbergh Seeming Off The Project?

Rodrigo Perez — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:30:00 +0000

Fiasco might be a strong word, but c’mon the last minute deep-sixing of Steven Soderbergh’s baseball metrics drama, “Moneyball,” that was to star Brad Pitt was one of the major news items of the year as far as we were concerned.

The film was greenlit and three days away from being shot when Sony prez Amy Pascal pulled the plug, leaving many to wonder: is a film starring money-maker Brad Pitt and slung with a relatively low ($57 million; that’s compared to blockbusters of course), still susceptible to economic concerns?

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‘Moneyball’ Update: Was It Brad Pitt’s Classic Cold Feet That Killed Soderbergh’s Project?

Rodrigo Perez — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:10:00 +0000

Brad Pitt has notorious buyers remorse on film projects he suits up for. The actor dropped out of “The Fountain,” “State of Play,” “The Fighter” in various degrees of last minute scenarios (Aronofsky’s project being the most infamous) and many within the film community, including us, have been speculating amongst ourselves asking, “Was it Brad Pitt that killed Steven Soderbergh’s “Moneyball“? Was it Brad Pitt?”

Last night, David Poland asked, “what’s the real story here?,” but admittedly didn’t have the answer.

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