‘Moneyball’ Lives to See Another Day

Apparently ‘Moneyball’ isn’t dead yet, and this is the best news of the day because this is one project that I think Brad Pitt is absolutely perfect for. Aaron Sorkin has come on board to adapt a new script that will replace that of Steve Zaillian’s earlier draft. We get this from THR:

The writer has been brought on to do a draft of the baseball drama, drawing on Steve Zaillian’s earlier take. The studio wants to move forward quickly with the new iteration, with Sorkin set to turn in his version as soon as next month.

Brad Pitt remains on board to star, but Steven Soderbergh no longer will write or direct and is not involved in the film.

Its tough news to hear that Soderbergh will have nothing to do with it at this point but I think the movie will be a “homerun” (wow, I just went there) and has the potential to be one of the best baseball movies of all time.