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Columbia Pictures Cancels 'Moneyball' Production at Last Minute

By Will BrinsonJun 21st 2009 – 6:15PM

Moneyball, Michael Lewis' novel about the economics of baseball (to put it in a nutshell), was all set to begin production next week with Brad Pitt and Steven Soderbergh in tow. Read: the nerds have finally won, Lebowski!Unfortunately that would-be -- and actually fictional -- revolution has now been delayed for the...

'Moneyball' Cast Coming Together

By Matt SnyderApr 21st 2009 – 2:25PM

Michael Lewis' book about Billy Beane's strategy in making a small-market team successful in Major League Baseball, "Moneyball," is going to be made into a feature-length movie. Shooting isn't set to begin until June, but many of the key players are being put in place. Brad Pitt is going to play Oakland A's general manager...

Left on Base: Derek Jeter's Next Contract, Truck Day, and the Million Manny March

By Matt WatsonFeb 6th 2009 – 3:15PM

Left on Base is MLB FanHouse's link dump.* "In 21 months, or just 324 regular-season games from now, Derek Jeter's contract expires. At that point, the Yankees have to decide what to do with Jeter and Jeter has to decide what to do with the Yankees. [...] By 2011, the Yanks could have either Jeter or just his future plaque...

Steven Soderbergh News From AOL

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DVD Blu-Ray: 'Haywire,' 'Living In The Material World,' 'New Year's Eve'

By Eric Larnick May 01st 2012 - 05:56PM

"Ocean's 11" director Steven Soderbergh takes a shot at the action-thriller genre, telling the story of a butt-kicking black ops soldier who is double-crossed on a mission and goes on a path of revenge.

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DVD Blu-Ray: 'Haywire,' 'Living In The Material World,' 'New Year's Eve'

By Eric Larnick May 01st 2012 - 05:36PM

"Ocean's 11" director Steven Soderbergh takes a shot at the action-thriller genre, telling the story of a butt-kicking black ops soldier who is double-crossed on a mission and goes on a path of revenge.

Steven Soderbergh News From the Web

  • 05/30/12 Clip joint: Heists and getaways Source: The Guardian - London - UK This week's Clip joint is by David Keeble, who you can follow on Twitter here , and visit his website here.
  • 05/29/12 Blockbuster fatigue? A summer alt-movie guide Source: Salon.com It may feel to you as if the summer moviegoing season has only just begun, and many months of popcorn-munching delight lie ahead.
  • 05/23/12 Chris Rock Urged Manganiello To Strip For Magic Mike Source: The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) Funnyman Chris Rock helped talk hunky Joe Manganiello into stripping off in racy new movie Magic Mike when the True Blood star asked the comic for career advice.
  • 05/22/12 Zach Galifianakis May Lead 'Confederacy Of Dunces' For... Source: The Playlist When you talk dream projects that you wish could become resurrected -- something we do for shits and giggles from time to time -- very high on our list is John Kennedy Toole posthumously-published picaresque novel " A Confederacy of Dunces " (published in 1980, eleven years after the author's suicide at the age of 32).
  • 05/22/12 Why Does ‘Oceans Eleven' Get All of the Heist Movie... Source: Film School Rejects Though Steven Soderbergh has had a lengthy career full of acclaimed projects, he's perhaps best known for his remake of Ocean's 11 , a successful compiling of some of the biggest names in Hollywood for a good, old-fashioned heist movie that was so successful it spawned two sequels.

Background on Steven Soderbergh

Steven Andrew Soderbergh (; born January 14, 1963) is an American film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, and an Academy Award-winning film director.

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