06.22.09 MAYBE BRAD PITT’S BALLS AREN’T SO MONEY
You’d think if you’re Brad Pitt and Steven Soderbergh, you’d have earned a bit creative freedom by now. Which is why it’s surprising that Sony has pulled the plug on their adaptation of Moneyball just a few days before it was supposed to begin filming.
On Friday, Columbia Pictures [owned by Sony] topper Amy Pascal placed the picture into “limited turnaround,” giving the filmmaker the chance to set it up at another studio. The move came after Pascal read a rewrite that Soderbergh did to Steven Zaillian’s script and found it very different from the earlier scripts she championed. Pascal was uncomfortable enough with how the vision had changed that she applied the brakes. [Variety]
It seems like a strange decision given that Brad Pitt movies almost always do well. David Poland has a nice breakdown of the math involved, including:
Sony eats $15 million to $20 million on the movie if they shut it down. It will never come back to life, most likely, but if it does, not a dollar they spent aside from the book buy will go towards the film itself.
(Variety again) Even in the climate of heightened studio caution, the turnaround news on “Moneyball” is surprising given that the project had reached the equivalent of third base [fingering Amy Pascal's vagina]. It was just 96 hours before the participants were ready to take the field, following three months of prep and with camera tests completed and cast and budget in place.
Sony is still nervous about Taking of Pelham 123 and Year One earning out, so if you ask me, this is probably just a case of closing the gate after the horse is gone or some other folksy expression.
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MAYBE BRAD PITT’S BALLS AREN’T SO MONEY
What Would Tyler Durden Do?
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So they made two shitty badly reviewed movies which did poorly, so they pulled the plug on a movie by two academy award nominees? I swear studios get their advice from a magic 8 ball.
MONKEY BALL MONKEY BALL MONKEY BALL!
Brad Pitt’s balls might not be money, but they still have a higher credit rating than I do.
My guess is Brad Pitt throws like a limp-wristed fagmosexual.
Brad Pitt’s balls are money and that’s why Angelina keeps them in her purse.
Perhaps Hollywood felt a lump.
Brad Pitt’s balls acted as stunt double for Jack Palance in City Slickers.
Don’t worry, FOX is going to pick it up, but they’ll make it about a gorilla that manages the Chicago Cubs to a World Series. It’ll be called Monkey Balls and boy will it be zany! JUSTIN LONG ON LINE TWO!
Pascal was uncomfortable enough with how the vision had changed that she applied the brakes.
*Pascal reads entire third act*
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GIANT SPIDER?!
I suppose I should refresh after letting the page sit here while I watch Perez Hilton cry about getting punched. Sorry, Chino.
Or Michelle, rather. I’m just used to apologizing to Chino after sex.
Getting stopped at third base just means they didn’t use enough rohypnol in the early innings.
Brad Pitt’s balls smell like a nice cigar.
I haven’t seen a ball drop like that since my son’s testicles finally descended.
Brad Pitt’s balls once teabagged Jennifer Aniston and a soothing camomile was brewed in her throat.
If “stealing home” is rape in the baseball/fuck-fuck analogy…then call me Ricky Henderson.
Brad Pitt’s balls wear the Troy helmet whenever they go clubbing at all-ages goth/industrial clubs.
Hey, who’s in the mood for a rant?
/start rant
You know what? Fuck Columbia, fuck Sony and fuck Amy Pascal. This book is too good to be made into some bitch’s shit project. Did you read what I just wrote? I READ THIS FUCKING BOOK. I don’t read dick if it doesn’t start with a fart joke and end with a rape joke. This book is the balls and if it had sex with Three Nights In August, the result would be Jesus riding a unicorn made of Olive Garden breadsticks. In summary, fuck Columbia in its shit hole.
/end rant
I’ve read the book and I have to say the idea of adapting it for the screen is just fuck-stupid to begin with. Billy Beane is insufferable enough without Brad Pitt playing him on film.
Brad Pitt’s balls killed Ryan Gosling’s dog.
Haha, fuck you Patches!
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MoneyBall? Is this the movie adaptation of the story of the eBay auction of Lance Armstrong’s pickled left testicle?
/reopen rant to include Peet’s point
Yeah, I don’t see how this is a movie, actually.
/close rant, fondle Peet, pass piss boot
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