Sony Pictures Shelve Movie About “Moneyball” with Brad Pitt; Soderbergh

Sony Studios has decided to shelve the production of a movie by Steven Soderbergh, starring Brad Pitt and about the baseball book Moneyball only days before the production was set to begin.  Sony has given Soderbergh permission to find another studio.

Let the speculation ensue.

Soderbergh, who directed Traffic and Che, had reportedly turned in a script that was substantially different from the one written by Steven Zaillian. 

Zaillian has penned such scripts as Schindler's List, Searching for Bobby Fisher, A Civil Action, American Gangster, Gangs of New York, and Hannibal.

Some have speculated that the reason for the shelving must be related to the current economy, and questions about wh...

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