Jonah Hill Replaces Demetri Martin For MONEYBALL

Has anyone ever stopped to wonder why in the world does Jonah Hill keep getting all these movie gigs? I mean don’t get me wrong, I thought Superbad was hilarious but even I have reservation about him handling 21 JUMP STREET the movie. I guess the bigger question would be.. is Jonah Hill really that funny? Is he what the gods of comedy have given us since Will Ferrell seems to have lost his funny mojo? For whatever reason, Sony Pictures thinks he’s a bankable actor, enough to replace Demetri Martin in MONEYBALL…

Those of you who’ve followed Rama’s SCREEN for a while now would know that MONEYBALL has a troubled history. I don’t wanna waste time on memory lane but let’s just put it this way… Sony didn’t like Steven Soderbergh‘s take on the adaptation, the argument and ultimatum got heated, Soderbergh left, Pitt was said to have left the project too, but then Pitt decided to stay. Aaron Sorkin did rewrite. And then it was between Bennett Miller and Marc Webb to direct. Miller got the job. Word got in not too long ago that he wanted to say sayonara too but then he decided to stay on board. Sorkin’s drafts didn’t get Pitt’s stamp of approval. And now the co-star Demetri Martin who’s been attached since the get-go has been replaced by Jonah Hill, according to The Playlist, via ESPN,.. phew.. need to take a breather there for a second

Hill is set to play Paul DePodesta
Based on the book by Michael Lewis, here is the synopsis…
“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.”