SI: Columbia Shuts Down Brad Pitt/Steven Soderbergh?s ?Moneyball?

[Christopher]

Moneyball is a movie that was set to release in 2011 based on the book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, a book by Michael M. Lewis, published in 2003, about the Oakland Athletics baseball team and its general manager, Billy Beane. Its focus is the team’s modernized, analytical, sabermetric approach to assembling a competitive baseball team, despite Oakland’s disadvantaged revenue situation. Actor Brad Pitt is attached to play Billy Beane, while comedian Demetri Martin is attached to play Paul DePodesta. However, Amy Pascal (Co-Chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment) at Columbia has put the upcoming movie