My old lady is a britishfrenchamerican film production venture between bbc films, cohen media group, and deux chevaux films. Moneyball 2011 is the best sports movie in years with gripping human drama. Pascal and her team became involved with moneyball about six years ago, when a relatively untested producer, rachael horovitz, brought the idea to sony with a. The film also has a 94% rating on rotten tomatoes, the fifthbest rated movie on the entire site last week i interviewed rachael horovitz, the moneyball producer who was on the. Rachael horovitz, brad pitt, michael deluca studio columbia pictures. This is not a particularly close race with one obvious favorite and a couple that are long shots with a shot.
Peretz, whose screenwriting credits include juliet, naked and our idiot brother, is adapting. That is certainly the case with rachael horovitz, who originally optioned the michael lewis book moneyball. Rachael horovitz sipped decaffeinated cappuccino at the sunset tower hotel recently, overlooking a panorama of hollywood and beyond. She loved the book and the way that we told the story of the movie, says horovitz. Former as manager art howe has been on the offensive over his portrayal in the film moneyball, based on the book of the same name if youve seen the film, you know that howe, portrayed by philip seymour hoffman, is depicted as intransigent about accepting the cuttingedge statistical theories of gm billy beane and his assistant. Moneyball was a quick sell to hollywood when it was first published, back when every studio still wanted to be in the indiestyle movie business. Join us on monday march 28th for a special books on film screening of bennett millers moneyball. After leaving her job as an executive at revolution in 2003, rachael had read the book moneyball and became obsessed with making it into a movie. Today we will look at the two writing categories, starting with best adapted screenplay. After reading the book, i set it up at a studio pretty quickly.
The kitty genovese story was the prototype for fake news. Quotes contained on this page have been double checked for their citations, their accuracy and the impact it will have on our readers. How benedict cumberbatch became the ideal embodiment of. Rachael horovitz is a producer, known for patrick melrose 2018, moneyball 2011 and grey gardens 2009. The film is produced by rachael horovitz moneyball, gary foster sleepless in seattle, nitsa benchetrit and david barrot. Rachael horovitz, the producer who originally set up the michael lewis book moneyball at columbia about overachieving oakland as gm billy beane, has. The most important book totv adaptations coming in 2020.
Stan chervin penned an earlier draft based of the book, which sony optioned in 2004. Rachael horovitz we both really were huge fans of all of the books, and when the last book was published the whole story came together for us. Blumhouse will team with moneyball producer rachael horovitz for the project, which will be based on morris 2012 book, a wilderness of error. Moneyball has to be one of those books where you would assume it could. Money ball and maggies plan producer rachael horovitz. If you are interested in sports it helps but the film stands on its own as a good story. The film is based on michael lewis s 2003 nonfiction book of the same name, an account of the oakland athletics baseball teams 2002 season and their general manager billy beane s attempts to assemble a competitive team. Based on the bestselling book by michael lewis, moneyball was a tough.
Luca, wally pfister, steven zaillian, tobias meister, ed novick, rachael horovitz, andrew. With our annual oscar prediction contest underway, now is the best time to look at the nominees and try to figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. Moneyball is a fascinating look at how the manager of the oakland as used statistical methods to assemble the best baseball team he could given his limited budget. Just days before the beginning of the 2016 baseball season, producer rachael horovitz takes us. Based on michael lewis nonfiction book, this film is written, directed and played with both intelligence and emotion. Rachael keefe horovitz, a film executive, and mark jonathan wallace, a financial editor, were married yesterday. Moneyball producer rachael horovitz answers 7 questions kqed. As the sundance film festival ponders how it will honor indie icon bingham ray word is festival director john cooper will. Robin wright, bennett miller, michael deluca, brad pitt, rachael horovitz. Sugar ray robinson steps into biopic ring deadline.
Baseball seems to be a sport that you can build a great film off, field of dreams, the natural, it seems to be one of the few sports to do it. It was remarkable to have the person not only who wrote the book. Moneyball has to be one of those books where you would assume it could never. Alist names werent enough for moneyball film project. Maggies plan and moneyball producer rachael horovitz in. Im glad that i finally decided to give moneyball a try. Watch moneyball movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Columbia pictures moneyball is based on the true story of billy beane brad pitt once a wouldbe baseball superstar who, stung by the failure to live up to expectations on the field, turned his fiercely competitive nature to management.
Patrick melrose executive producers michael jackson and rachel horovitz talk about diving into. Brad pitt, jonah hill, philip seymour hoffman, robin wright, bennett miller, michael deluca, brad pitt, rachael horovitz, columbia. That is a large part of why moneyball, the movie of michael lewsiss book about the oakland as baseball team, is such an enjoyable movie. Kelly peacock is an accomplished poet and social media expert based in brooklyn. Moneyball has to be one of those books where you would assume it could never be made into a film. Each page is manually curated, researched, collected, and issued by our staff writers. She happened to be talking to jody hotchkiss, the agent who represented the moe berg book that i set up at warners and adapted, and my name came up as a writer she should talk to. Aaron sorkin updates steve zaillians adaptation of michael lewis flyonthewall novel for columbia pictures, with robin wright, jonah hill, and philip seymour. Pitt had been a fan of lewis book but wasnt sure at first if he wanted to star after reading chervins early script. Moneyball star jonah hill on the lessons he learned from brad pitt. The first bigscreen project she put into development via specialty films was michael lewis bestselling book moneyball. Moneyball threedisc bluraydvd combo pack including bonus dvd bluray. Based on true events and on the book of the same name. Scott, rachael and mike and i all believed he was fantastic with actors.
Moneyball is a 2011 american sports film directed by bennett miller and written by steven zaillian and aaron sorkin. The screenplay is by steven zaillian and aaron sorkin, from a story by stan chervin, based on the book by michael lewis. Aaron sorkin game for moneyball hollywood reporter. She is known for producing the film moneyball, and tv series patrick melrose. Last weekend, moneyball, adapted from michael lewis book about oakland as gm billy beanes early adoption of statistical analysis, was no. Moneyball 2011 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Heading into the 2002 season, billy faces a dismal situation. Why brad pitt was willing to go to bat for moneyball. Encore moneyball columbia pictures presents a scott. Brad pitt reveals what he, sony did to save moneyball. It was a revelation to me so i went out and also bought the book, which was just as compelling. The film is based on michael lewiss 2003 nonfiction book of the same name, an account of the oakland athletics baseball teams 2002 season and their general manager billy beanes. Brad pitt can act too and was totally convincing as the erratic but original baseball exec. Interview with rachael horovitz producer on the red carpet for moneyball at the 2011 toronto international film festival.
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