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SPORTS NIGHT’s Aaron Sorkin To Re-Script Sony’s Major League Baseball Story MONEYBALL!!

Word by p0llk4t	Jul 9th, 2009 08:27:46 PM
To your mother!
I love baseball by growltiger	Jul 9th, 2009 08:32:01 PM
And although I am not slavishly devoted to Sabremetrics, Billy Beane sure made it work for the Athletics. That said, what is the point of this movie? What audience are they seeking? I am assume that with Sorkin, et. al. involved they are not looking to make a hard hitting documentary on statistics and baseball.
Is he back on the shrooms? by FastEddie8139	Jul 9th, 2009 08:36:53 PM
I hope Sorkin can manage to shoehorn in all his resentments about getting canned from "The West Wing" and not getting to bang Kristin Chenoweth, like he did with "Studio 60."
I dont understand how this a movie. by Timahh	Jul 9th, 2009 08:38:54 PM
I've read the book, and it is essentially a guide to using statistics to make a "complete" and efficient Baseball team. I really don't get this as a movie. But when Sports Night was on, i decided to see everything Sorkin has and will do....so i guess I'll at least rent this.(that is if it ever gets made.)
this project is a phoenix... by codymr	Jul 9th, 2009 08:41:45 PM
...rising from the ashes.
Because baseball players and owners... by jimmy_009	Jul 9th, 2009 08:43:22 PM
...usually sound like witty, fast talkin' intellectuals. Good move getting Sorkin since that's all he writes.
another by frank cotton	Jul 9th, 2009 08:57:12 PM
complete waste of time, money, film, etc.
Great. Who plays Scott Hattieburg? by Sal_Bando	Jul 9th, 2009 09:04:27 PM
I kinda liked the idea of a CGI Bill James too. Neat. Try it.
Oh that would be funny. by Sal_Bando	Jul 9th, 2009 09:05:59 PM
Harold Knowles meets Bill James. FOOD FIGHT!!
Starring Shane Victorino as a donkey's shit-covered rectum by Anything But Tangerines	Jul 9th, 2009 09:06:45 PM

Chase Utley as snail vomit by Anything But Tangerines	Jul 9th, 2009 09:08:55 PM

and Derek Jeter as zoo janitor by Anything But Tangerines	Jul 9th, 2009 09:09:43 PM

They should call this one Sony's MLB... by Johnno	Jul 9th, 2009 09:15:22 PM
That way it could be a videogame movie!
Will he leave half way through to work on another by lockesbrokenleg	Jul 9th, 2009 09:31:26 PM
lawyer show?
So. "Arli$$" from the other point of view. by MCVamp	Jul 9th, 2009 09:57:18 PM
Wasn't funny then, either. Or is this supposed to be a drama? Brad Pitt is the only thing that raises MONEYBALL above the status of 90's-era HBO Original Movie. Seriously. With or without Sorkin or Soderbergh, this will be lucky to make its money back.
Timahh & jimmie_009: you got it by growltiger	Jul 9th, 2009 10:02:39 PM
So will we be treated to Steve Schott swanning about the corridors of Oakland-Alameda Stadium (or whatever it was called back then) with Billie Beane, Tony La Russa (whoops, put on the bus by ownership due to costs), well whoever, and enjoying witty baseball statistical banter. Yup, just like West Wing.
I FINALLY get Aaron Sorkin's Sports Night! It's too good to be f by Tall_Boy66	Jul 9th, 2009 10:03:49 PM
Lick the toad to get enlightened.
unny! by Tall_Boy66	Jul 9th, 2009 10:04:14 PM
Comedy that's too good to be funny.
Too bad Gary Ross is busy, eh? by YackBacker	Jul 9th, 2009 10:20:11 PM
Herc, I don't like the way you treat Soderbergh in your piece. He's not ANYBODY'S director! He's no slave like Anakin Skywalker...
Ugh, what a BEAUTIFUL piece of television.. by DanielKurland	Jul 9th, 2009 10:24:33 PM
Krause, Malina, and Charles really, really, really knock it out of the park. Sports Night blows me away every time I watch it. "You're wearing my shirt, Gordon."
FastEddie... by DanielKurland	Jul 9th, 2009 10:26:24 PM
He did bang her. He's just not any more.
Capitalism: A Love Story by BrandLoyalist	Jul 9th, 2009 10:33:11 PM
Money... capitalism... it's an on topic post. Now let's fight! Bring on the hyperlibertarian anarchists! Time for you to admit to the many advantages of a mixed economy.
(Michael Moore's new title) by BrandLoyalist	Jul 9th, 2009 10:34:42 PM
(Would you believe, part of my subject with his name was devoured by a left pointy brace)
Locke by Bass Ackwards	Jul 9th, 2009 11:05:09 PM
I think you're thinking of David E Kelley.
Is ScriptGirl finally gone? by blckmgk13	Jul 9th, 2009 11:09:56 PM
It seems like a month since I last saw an update. Not that I really care, I am just curious as to if all the haters won out finally?
I love Soderbergh but... by TheSeeker7	Jul 9th, 2009 11:14:03 PM
I have to admit, the idea of him "rewriting" a script by the likes of Steve Zallian does sound a little odd. I mean, I'm pretty sure that Stevie Z's got some chops.
Is MLB going to let this flick use their license? by Heckles	Jul 9th, 2009 11:40:17 PM
NFL is really strict with their property. MLB is more liberal, but still.
Dammit, blckmgk13... maybe they forgot by Heckles	Jul 9th, 2009 11:41:44 PM
Just pretend we didn't bring it up. Maybe AICN will finally forgot the titty-full waste of space.
Yeah, where's script girl? by Mennen	Jul 9th, 2009 11:58:27 PM
we miss her.
Damn your tits! by Fa Fa Fooey	Jul 10th, 2009 01:51:28 AM
"Too late" -Igor
Script is great. by MaxTheSilent	Jul 10th, 2009 02:03:18 AM
Fuck Brad Pitt, fussy motherfucker.
Analysis of both Moneyball drafts at Scriptshadow by geraldbeans	Jul 10th, 2009 04:15:47 AM
http://scriptshadow.blogspot.c om/2009/06/what-happened-tomon eyball.html
Original script by dancetothebeatofthelivingdead	Jul 10th, 2009 06:44:40 AM
Searching For Bobby Fischer? Schindler's List? The guy can write a fucking screenplay, why let Aaron Sorkin fuck with it with his soulless, corporate sheen? And why the fuck did Soderbergh try to improve on it in the first place? Has the motion picture industry ever had a more hit-or-miss personality than Soderbergh. He's either good or god-awful embarrasingly terrible. But the guy that wrote Bobby Fischer needs Soderbergh's thumbprints all over his work. Fucking Hollywood, I forgot Fischer and Schindler's list weren't major blockbuster hits so the guy must be a shit writer.
Soderbergh's Moneyball by Time Child	Jul 10th, 2009 07:38:55 AM
According to the LA Times, he wanted the movie to reflect the way things really happened, working in interviews with the people who were actually involved. Which I think would have been cool. But it probably would have bored the shit out of most people.
Tremendous sports novel by Kammich	Jul 10th, 2009 03:05:10 PM
"Moneyball" was one of the best sports books I've ever read, and certainly the best baseball book I've ever read. The revelation of sabermetrics has become household talk among baseball fans these days, but it was revolutionary when Lewis wrote about it in Moneyball. I'm just... not sure how this becomes a movie. I guess you'd have to focus on Beane's much-hyped high school athletic career, leading to his general failure in the MLB, his stint playing in Japan... and then transition into his role as a front office exex. But, outside of truly, truly die hard baseball fans... who the hell is going to see that movie? Another one of Lewis's books has been in development for awhile, "The Blind Side," and that is ripe material for a good movie. Its all about the amazing story of a hopeless inner city kid who ends becoming the starting left tackle for Ole Miss, and eventually, a 1st round pick for the Ravens. I'd love to see that movie get made.

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