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June 22, 2009
More Moneyball...
As alluded to, but perhaps not with direct intent, the new spin out of the Sony camp on Moneyball is that Brad Pitt disliked the new script as much as Amy Pascal and that he is the one who secretly sunk the ship, though he didn't want to be seen as doing it.
This is, actually, a more plausible bit of spin than the previous efforts. But one still has to wonder, what is the real truth? Is Amy Pascal willing to eat millions now because Pitt has privately committed to moving forward with another director? Would she be willing to eat millions to be Pitt's beard on this one?
The connection being made to State of Play logically fits Pascal's wish... that someone will take it off her hands and make the movie, so she is in the clear in every way. No risk.
Also, all the chatter about all the things that are wrong about the film... all were in the script delivered long before last week. This doesn't mean that expectations of 'fixes" were not in play, but the "the entire idea is a problem" means the movie should never have been greenlit in your opinion, but really doesn't speak to what happened in recent days.
Posted by dpoland at June 22, 2009 12:13 PM
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So does this qualify as a good reason the film was torpedoed or a bad reason?
Posted by: Wrecktum ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.mcnblogs.com/thehotblog/nav-commenters.gif)
at June 22, 2009 01:27 PM
The Brad Pitt angle fits with his fickleness, State of Play being the most recent example, The Fountain slightly less recent.
I'm sure time will give us the real story. Always remember how many crew members and dept heads and caterers and hundreds of other people get burned by shit like this.
Posted by: Hopscotch at June 22, 2009 05:56 PM
since Amy Pascal's decision to pull the plug made no sense. I too thought Pitt wanted out. But considering he offered to reduce his fee AGAIN when they went out to the other studios..that seemed to indicate he was firmly committed to Soderbergh and the project
Posted by: SarahN at June 27, 2009 03:56 PM
since Amy Pascal's decision to pull the plug made no sense. I too thought Pitt wanted out. But considering he offered to reduce his fee AGAIN when they went out to the other studios..that seemed to indicate he was firmly committed to Soderbergh and the project
Posted by: SarahN at June 27, 2009 03:57 PM
He is.
Sony says they are still in play if Soderbergh will return to the earlier draft.
Posted by: David Poland at June 27, 2009 04:28 PM
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