Brad Pitt has had his share of movie roles over the years. Though as diverse as they have been, I don’t recall there ever being a sports movie in which he has appeared. But wait no longer sports fans. Rumor has it Brad Pitt has won the role of Billy Beane in the upcoming (it’s still in the writing stages) “Moneyball”, a film based on the book about the 2002 Oakland A’s. At the dawn of the 21st century, the Athletics were a team able to compete against the big dogs, even though they had a fraction of the revenue.
Brad Pitt
Screenwriter Steve Zaillian has signed on to write the film “Moneyball”, and David Frankel has been tagged to direct. Of the movie, producer Michael De Luca says,
“I think there should be a mix of a sports movie but also an anti-establishment triumph of the individual in terms of the way Billy Beane went up against conventional wisdom and the bureaucracy.”
For his part, Beane has had a pretty good sense of humor about the casting choice, joking,
“Apparently, Larry Baer [the Giants’ president] wasn’t available. … I think it has really come down to the common denominator that we both have twins.”
See more photos of Brad Pitt and a video about the upcoming “Moneyball” below.
Brad Pitt Photos
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“Moneyball” Video
