Sony Knew What Soderbergh Was Up to on Moneyball Script

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.

2:03 AM on Thu Jul 2 2009, by The Cajun Boy, 31,025 views, 41 comments
http://gawker.com/5305994/sony-knew-what-soderbergh-was-up-to-on-moneyball-script

Soderbergh's Moneyball Script Too Real To Get Made

The Sony Pictures executive who pulled the plug on Moneyball says that Steven Soderbergh changed the original script because he didn't want anything in the movie that didn't actually happen. So Billy Beane isn't a sweaty, foul-mouthed, Hooters...

11:15 AM on Wed Jul 1 2009, by Dashiell Bennett, 19,774 views, 30 comments
http://deadspin.com/5305316/soderberghs-moneyball-script-too-real-to-get-made

Why Did Sony Kill the Pitt/Soderbergh Film Adaptation of Michael Lewis' Moneyball?

Last week Sony killed Moneyball, the Steven Soderbergh-directed $58-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...

1:54 AM on Wed Jul 1 2009, by The Cajun Boy, 18,750 views, 22 comments
http://gawker.com/5305167/why-did-sony-kill-the-pittsoderbergh-film-adaptation-of-michael-lewis-moneyball

Brad Pitt's Steven Soderbergh-Directed Adaptation Of 'Moneyball' Strikes Out

Columbia Pictures was aghast when 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.

4:30 PM on Sun Jun 21 2009, by Foster Kamer, 9,871 views, 17 comments
http://gawker.com/5298884/brad-pitts-steven-soderbergh+directed-adaptation-of-moneyball-strikes-out

The New York Times L.A. Bureau's Favorite Studio

Jennifer Steinhauer is the L.A. Bureau chief for the New York Times. Her husband is Times television reporter Ed Wyatt. Steinhauer's having a book party in LA tonight for her new novel, Beverly Hills Adjacent. The location of the party: the home...

9:31 PM on Thu May 21 2009, by Hamilton Nolan, 3,622 views, 10 comments
http://gawker.com/5264851/the-new-york-times-la-bureaus-favorite-studio

Uncompromising Superproducer Scott Rudin Would Gladly Sacrifice 1000 Assistants For One 'No Country'

As a shepherd of great literary works from page to screen, assistant-gobbling producer/Kraken Scott Rudin is arguably without equal: He produced both of the dark, uncompromising visions currently vying for Oscar greatness, No Country for Old Men...

1:31 PM on Tue Feb 19 2008, by Seth, 6,350 views, 15 comments
http://defamer.gawker.com/358172/uncompromising-superproducer-scott-rudin-would-gladly-sacrifice-1000-assistants-for-...

The Power 100: The Most Important Ladies In Hollywood, Celebrated Again

Last Friday's ranking of the top-earning actresses in Hollywood was just a tasty appetizer for the Reporter's annual, year-end feast celebrating show business lady-potency, their Power 100 list of the most influential females in a still...

12:10 PM on Tue Dec 4 2007, by Mark, 5,095 views, 10 comments
http://defamer.gawker.com/329775/the-power-100-the-most-important-ladies-in-hollywood-celebrated-again

The guy who unsuccessfully sued Dan Brown for ripping off the basic premise of his own non-fiction book for The Da Vinci Code has died, suggesting a deadly curse is afoot, striking anyone who dares get in the unstoppable bestseller's way. (We fear...

3:45 PM on Fri Nov 30 2007, by Seth, 445 views, 4 comments
http://defamer.gawker.com/328685/

The Smart 50: Entertainment Weekly Declares That There Are At Least 50 Intelligent People In Hollywood

We've made no secret of our love for Hollywood power lists, as hierarchical inventories of which players are currently swinging the biggest dicks (and that doesn't exclude the ladies who occasionally creep into the rankings!) in the entertainment...

12:10 PM on Thu Nov 29 2007, by Mark, 13,791 views, 29 comments
http://defamer.gawker.com/328013/the-smart-50-entertainment-weekly-declares-that-there-are-at-least-50-intelligent-pe...

Today In Saber Rattling: TV Execs Secretly Hoping Writers Will Wipe Out Their Crappy Fall Schedules

Early Friday evening, the WGA announced that it had received strike authorization from 90.3 percent of its voting members, a victory the organization's leadership touted as an "historic demonstration of unity." What the Guild might not realize,...

1:24 PM on Mon Oct 22 2007, by Mark, 3,741 views, 26 comments
http://defamer.gawker.com/313615/today-in-saber-rattling-tv-execs-secretly-hoping-writers-will-wipe-out-their-crappy-...