Columbia Drops the Ball on Brad Pitt’s Moneyball
They can’t all be home runs for Brad Pitt.
His latest project, the Steven Soderbergh-directed Moneyball, has been put into “limited turnaround” by Columbia Pictures honcho Amy Pascal after receiving a much different final draft of a script she once fought for.
Production on the film was set to start Monday in Phoenix, Ariz., and with only 96 hours to go, Soderbergh’s change in vision unsettled Pascal and the brakes were immediately applied to the project.
The “limited turnaround” gives Soderbergh the opportunity to try and settle with another studio, the aim being bigwigs such as Paramount and Warner Bros. The filmmaker has until Monday to tie down the deal, having spent the weekend with both his and Pitt’s CAA agents attempting to hit one out of the park—so to speak.