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Demetri Martin Joins Brad Pitt in Moneyball

April 21, 2009

Demetri Martin, who stars in Ang Lee's upcoming Taking Woodstock, is joining Brad Pitt in Columbia Pictures' Moneyball.

Steven Soderbergh will direct the adaptation of Michael Lewis' book about ballplayer-turned-Oakland Athletics g.m. Billy Beane (Pitt) and his attempt to field a competitive team on a slim payroll. Shooting on the drama begins in June.

Variety says that former Oakland A's team members David Justice and Scott Hatteberg have signed on to play themselves in the film, while Daryl Strawberry and Lenny Dykstra are among those who will be seen on camera being interviewed about their experiences with Beane when he was a phenomenon drafted by the New York Mets before flaming out and becoming a baseball scout.

Martin will play Paul De Podesta, a Harvard graduate who turned down Wall Street jobs to use his statistical skills to change baseball scouting tactics. His system, known as "Earned Run Value," allowed Beane to evaluate valuable players he could hire at low cost.

COMMENTS (9)

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Chris

April 21, 2009

Sounds good

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ClarkPaco

April 21, 2009

Nice, we need a good baseball flick. Sounds promising.

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Crtzcrtz

April 21, 2009

This was an amazing book. It created so much controversy when it first came out ESPN announcers (espcecially Joe Morgan) would go off on inning long rants denouncing it. The book is genius in it's assertions about more baseball management, stats, and personnel. Hopefully the movie will do it justice.

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Chung

April 21, 2009

Baseball movies always boring. Soderbergh - hate him. me pass on this one

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i speak the truth

April 21, 2009

demetri martin needs to do judd apatow comedy. as a stand up comedian i dont see how this fits him other than the fact that he dropped out of an ivy league school to pursue his dream, sorta like the character

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nick

April 21, 2009

You don't have to like baseball, baseball movies or even sportsmovies in general, but this is a good story and should be told. Having said that, it will most likely be a sports-nerd's wet dream....so long as pitt doesn't skrew it up

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April 21, 2009

Demetri Martin is a genius. Not only is he a stand-up comic, but he's taking acting seriously! Just, bring back "Important Things" already! It's like taking a fun class with a good professor...that sounded nerdy.

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Zatch Gaspafianaski

April 21, 2009

Martin isn't funny, so he should fare well here.

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Sumtingwong

April 21, 2009

I just searched Demetri Martin up on Youtube... Even the audience (who paid money) for his "comedy" show had a tough time forcing out laughs. It's painfully unfunny.

I hope this acting thing works out so Martin can quit his day job.