The baseball flick “Moneyball” has found a new head coach with Oscar-nominated director Bennett Miller. You might know him from helming 2005’s critical darling “Capote,” starring Philip Seymour Hoffman.
“Moneyball” stars Brad Pitt as Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane, and tells the story of his successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
I’m guessing the Brad Pitt thing will bring in females and the baseball thing will bring in guys. Perfect date movie? We’ll see.
Steven Soderbergh was the original director on this project, but was yanked off the film just days before principal shooting, reportedly due to a rewrite snafu. The script is being penned by Steve Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, based on Michael Lewis’s best-selling book.
Image: Bennett Miller on the set of “Capote,” Sony Pictures Home Entertainment