Bennett Miller directs Moneyball

Variety announces that Bennett Miller (Capote) will direct Moneyball for Columbia Pictures, with Brad Bitt serving the main role.

Based on the non-fictional novel of Michael Lewis, Moneyball: The Art of Winning and Unfair Game, the movie tells the story of Billy Bane, manager that formed a baseball club helped by an ultra sophisticated computerized program of player selection.

Steve Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin rewrote the scenery signed by Stan Cherwin.

Although Steven Soderbergh should direct this movie, Amy Pascal from Columbia Pictures stopped the production after she read the script modifications.