Bennett Miller Is The Director Of MONEYBALL

After long tribulation, arguments between Steven Soderbergh and Sony, with Aaron Sorkin coming on board to do rewrite, Brad Pitt still attached, it all comes down to either director Marc Webb or Bennett Miller. Variety has spoken and Miller got the job to direct MONEYBALL, The script was written by Steve Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin using the earliest draft by Stan Chervin…

Pitt is still the star but now that Miller is on board, a filmmaker whose Indie film Capote went on to be nominated for Best Picture 2005, the speculation is that the budget might be lower, which is probably be okay with Sony but no confirmation yet.
Based on the book by Michael Lewis, here is the official synopsis of MONEYBALL…
“The Oakland Athletics have a secret: a winning baseball team is made, not bought.In major league baseball the biggest wallet is supposed to win: rich teams spend four times as much on talent as poor teams. But over the past four years, the Oakland Athletics, a major league team with a minor league payroll, have had one of the best records. Last year their superstar, Jason Giambi, went to the superrich Yankees. It hasn’t made any difference to Oakland: their fabulous season included an American League record for consecutive victories. Billy Beane, general manager of the Athletics, is putting into practice on the field revolutionary principles garnered from geek statisticians and college professors.”