Sony pulls the plug on Moneyball movie

just saw this in the CBS headlines ad on the right of the screen.

pretty shocking, I was predicting many Oscars

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The OBP of this project is .000

"Are we bad? No. But right now, we are." Boulderskull, 4.16.09

by Kitspool on Jun 22, 2009 4:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

VORM

Value over replacement movie=0

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 22, 2009 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Small sample size!

Sergio Romo: striking out professional hitters since 2005. And winner of the 2012 NL Fireman of the Year Award!

by Lyle on Jun 23, 2009 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Probably a good thing.

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by Natto on Jun 22, 2009 5:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I liked “Moneyball,” and I think it is a great baseball story, but I just don’t see how a compelling movie can be made out of it. The story is not compelling enough to be attractive to most audiences.

Still, with Soderbergh and Pitt on board, I think the chances of the project restarting are good.

by Squire_Boone on Jun 22, 2009 6:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Formula for making Moneyball a compelling movie = Add Transformers

Rinse, repeat until good.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jun 22, 2009 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Michael Bay's "Moneyball." In theaters July 3rd, 2010!!

by Squire_Boone on Jun 22, 2009 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I can’t wait to see the 150 hard cuts in the middle of one Eric Chavez at bat. I’ll kind of be able to make out his ankle for a second, and I might see a bat handle somewhere, but it will at least look cool. Probably. On second thought, I’m not even sure that was an at bat. There were too many cuts. How could I make out anything?

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jun 22, 2009 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

HOLY SHIT DID THE STANDS JUST EXPLODE? AWESOME

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by groug on Jun 22, 2009 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The first three batters in the Oakland lineup throw their bats up in the air and go AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 22, 2009 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

A scantily clad Megan Fox seduces Sandy Alderson (played by Bradley Whitford from “The West Wing”) while the smash Aerosmith song “Let’s Get On Base” plays in the background.

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by Kitspool on Jun 22, 2009 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

DePodesta is in his Porsche Boxster chasing a tank down the streets of Oakland! This was the best part of the book and Bay NAILED IT

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by groug on Jun 22, 2009 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Just wait til you see what ILM has in store for Beane’s chair throwing scene!

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by Natto on Jun 23, 2009 1:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

10 minute credit sequence

Based on the book by MICHAEL LEWIS

A MICHAEL BAY film

SMASH!!

Billy: BONDERMAN?!?!?!?!?!?

"he walked 18; new league record! Struck out 18, another new league record! He also hit the sportswriter, the PA announcer, the bull mascot twice..."

by i did my job on Jun 23, 2009 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He throws it through a window, and each individual shard of glass has ten thousand sides!

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by groug on Jun 23, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I miss you more than Michael Bay missed the mark
When he made Moneyball
I miss you more than that movie missed the point
And that’s an awful lot, girl

Adoptive parent of Noah Lowry.

:-(

by Cookyman on Jun 23, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs