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Aaron Sorkin Rides In On A White Horse To Save Moneyball
3:53PM the cajun boy | Aaron Sorkin, noted scribe, addict and boner of Maureen Dowd and Kristen Chenoweth, has been hired to write a new draft of Moneyball, the film based on Michael Lewis’ bestselling book. But are Steven Soderbergh and Brad Pitt still involved? More »
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The Moneyball Saga Continues
4:03PM the cajun boy | Yesterday we posted Sony’s take on why Moneyball, the Soderbergh/Pitt film based on Michael Lewis’ book, died five days before shooting was to start. Now someone close to the project has provided us with a different version of events. More »
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Why Did Sony Kill The Pitt/Soderbergh Film Adaptation Of Moneyball?
3:54PM the cajun boy | Last week Sony killed Moneyball, the Steven Soderbergh-directed $US58-million baseball film starring Brad Pitt based on Michael Lewis’ book about former Oakland A’s GM Billy Beane, just five days before filming was set to start. So what the hell happened? More »
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In This Economy, Not Even Brad Pitt Gets To Make A Movie
3:36AM Richard Lawson | Not much news today. Other than that Brad Pitt’s next big movie, with director Steven Soderbergh no less, has been scuttled. Because of script changes, supposedly. Drama! More »
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Steven Soderbergh-Directed Adaptation Of ‘Moneyball’ Strikes Out
6:30AM Foster Kamer | Columbia Pictures balked at the latest script for the adaptation of Michael Lewis’ Moneyball arrived. So much so that they’ve put the project in turnaround. Oh, and production was supposed to start next week. More »
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The Girlfriend Experience Blurs The Line Between Fantasy, Reality
5:00AM Margaret | Steven Soderburgh’s new film The Girlfriend Experience, which stars adult film actress Sasha Grey, explores how its characters confuse fantasy and reality, and attempts to do the same for its pornography-literate audience members. More »Soderbergh Switches Projects To Bat ‘Moneyball’ at Pitt
5:45AM Kyle Buchanan | Soderbergh’s insane Cleo delayed. Damn you, Brad Pitt. [Variety] More »
Steven Soderbergh Previews That New One With The Porn Star
2:37AM STV | It had been rumoured here since at least Sunday, but that hardly made Steven Soderbergh’s work-in-progress screening of his upcoming The Girlfriend Experience any less of a Sundance surprise Tuesday night. More »
‘Sex, Lies And Videotape’ Celebrates 20-Year High School Reunion
6:01AM STV | Twenty years after barging into Sundance with low expectations and leaving with a robust stake in festival mythology, Steven Soderbergh joined three-quarters of his sex, lies, and videotape cast for a rollicking anniversary screening. More »
