Brad Pitt’s Latest Movie Comes to a Screeching Halt
Friday, June 26th, 2009Alex Bastille, PacificCoastNews.com
Ah yes, it is the Cannes Film Festival time once again where all of the beautiful people come out to play in France. And here is one star that never seems to miss the spotlight at all when it comes to making the appropriate appearances at the film festivals. Brad Pitt is seen here arriving for the premiere of Inglourious Basterds at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival that was held at the Palais des Festivals on the Croisette in Cannes. And this is only a year after last year’s appearance where he appeared with his Jolie girl, who was on the brink of delivering their twins. My how time flies, are the twins almost one already? At any rate, though Mr. Pitt is all smiles here, these may be hiding some disgruntled appearances as work on his latest movie ‘Moneyball’ has recently come to a screeching halt. The movie was working on a $50 million dollar budget through Columbia Pictures, when all of a sudden, Columbia pulled the plug according to the Hollywood Reporter. The trade paper says that studio head Amy Pascal switched on the red light after several changes had been made to the script since it was first approved. The movie itself is based on Michael Lewis’s nonfiction book about the Oakland Athletics and their general manager Billy Beane – who put together a star Major League team despite a lack of a major bank account – the script was by Ocean’s series director Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter Steven Zaillian. The latest Moneyball script draft wasn’t even a week old, and Columbia went and pulled the plug. Pascal permitted Soderbergh to shop the script around to other studios this weekend. Meanwhile, the film’s crew was already assembled – meaning that if another movie company is to bite, it would have to act fast to get going. Variety suggests that Columbia even might take another look, possibly replacing Soderbergh but then hoping that Pitt doesn’t abandon the project. As viewers, we all know there simply MUST be a solid chemistry between Soderbergh and Brad Pitt as they have worked on many MANY projects together, so this will be a great disappointment to lose either one OR the other in a possible flick. We shall see how this one pans out, because it may be time that Brad Pitt fans are getting a little withdrawal over his talent. Stay tuned!









