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Today we got our hands on the first trailer for Moneyball , the film directed by Bennett Miller and starring Brad Pitt, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright and Jonah Hill, also starring Chris Pratt and Casey Bond . It is based on the true story of Billy Beane , general manager of the Oakland Athletics , and his attempt to create a competitive team despite Oakland's unfavorable financial situation. The film is based on the 2003 book of the same name written by Michael M. Lewis. The film is set for release on September 23, 2011. Watch the trailer after the Jump... Based on a true story, Moneyball is a movie for anybody who has ever dreamed of taking on the system. Brad Pitt stars as Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland A’s and the guy who assembles the team, who has an epiphany: all of baseball’s conventional wisdom is wrong. Forced to reinvent his team on a tight budget, Beane will have to outsmart the richer clubs. The onetime jock teams with Ivy League grad P...

Brad Pitt On The Set Of Moneyball Brad Pitt will be playing Oakland A's GM Billy Beane, Jonah Hill is set to play Paul DePodesta and Kathryn Morris is slated to play Beane’s second wife who “loves baseball as much as her husband, so she understands and shares his passion for the game” Scripted by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, production starts in L.A. Based on the book by Michael Lewis, here is the synopsis: “The Oakland Athletics have a secret: a winning baseball team is made, not bought.In major league baseball the biggest wallet is supposed to win: rich teams spend four times as much on talent as poor teams. But over the past four years, the Oakland Athletics, a major league team with a minor league payroll, have had one of the best records. Last year their superstar, Jason Giambi, went to the superrich Yankees. It hasn’t made any difference to Oakland: their fabulous season included an American League record for consecutive victories. Billy Beane, general manager ...

“Cold Case” Hottie Joins "Moneyball" “ Cold Case ” star Kathryn Morris is in negotiations to come aboard the Columbia Pictures baseball film “Moneyball.” In the film, which stars Brad Pitt, Robin Wright, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Stephen Bishop , Morris will play the second wife of Oakland A’s GM Billy Beane ( Pitt ). She loves baseball as much as her husband, so she understands and shares his passion for the game. Bennett Miller is directing the project, written by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, which starts shooting in L.A. next week. Scott Rudin, Michael De Luca and Rachel Horovitz are producing. Morris has starred on the CBS procedural “Cold Case” for seven seasons. She has also appeared in the features “Minority Report,” “Resurrecting the Champ” and “Paycheck.” Please Leave A Comment- Source- riskybusiness