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Moneyball, a #1 National Best Seller, written by Michael Lewis, has been adapted for the silver screen, and will hit theaters September 23rd. Baseball fans are already poppin’ woodies over this movie, and film geeks will soon follow… trust me. Typically, sports movies tend to market to a niche audience – men, who eat, breathe, and sleep sports; the kind of people who have ESPN engraved into their TVs and refresh Rotoworld every 5 minutes. Even with superstar Brad Pitt, funny fat-ass Jonah Hill, and Indie legend Philip Seymour Hoffman, you would think a movie about sabermetrics and OBP would have a hard time attracting a mainstream audience. But that’s where you’re wrong. Once the public gets word of the players involved, they will want to see this movie. Moneyball has just started its advertising/marketing campaign (there’s only 1 trailer so far), and we can expect to see a lot more over the next month, that will attract a mainstream audience. Here’s why Moneyball will meet the hype and make money at the box office. I’m giving you my Rex Ryan “we’re gonna win it all” guarantee.
Aaron Sorkin and Steve Zaillian Wrote the Screenplay
Don’t know who these guys are? Well you should. Sorkin won the Oscar for “Best [Adapted]The Social Network and has won a bajillion Emmy’s for The West Wing. Zaillian, well he wrote a little screenplay called Schindler’s List, which also won the Oscar for “Best [Adapted] Screenplay.” In the movie world, these 2 guys are high quality writers, whose track records are impeccable. Some of their other works: American Gangster, A Few Good Men, Gangs of New York, Mission Impossible, and Sports Night. Yeah, these guys don’t fuck around when it comes to screenplays, and they’re sure to bring people to the theater. Screenplay” this year with
Director, Bennett Miller Made a Pretty Damn Good Biopic Called Capote
Bennett Miller has worked with Phillip Seymour Hoffman before. Bennett Miller was nominated for “Best Director” at the Oscars with his film Capote, which is also based on a book and true story. Enough said.
The Cast
As I mentioned before, Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, and Philip Seymour Hoffman probably can’t do it all on their own, but the triple threat will definitely increase ticket sales. Brad Pitt is a superstar. He has made so man good movies from Se7en to Fight Club, and is sure to attract the average-joe. Jonah Hill can be really funny (Superbad and Get Him to the Greek), which leads you to believe that he’ll provide some good comic relief, and will undoubtedly get younger people and younger sports fans to see the film. As long as he doesn’t act like this is Funny People or The Invention of Lying, which are the types of films I’d wipe my ass with, there shouldn’t be a problem. Philip Seymour Hoffman is the wildcard that will attract film geeks. He has a great reputation in the Indie Film scene, and has proven countless times that he has great acting chops.
It Actually Looks Really Fucking Good
Seriously watch the trailer that’s out. If you are a baseball fan or just a human, how can you not like what you see? It’s an underdog story and America loves the fucking underdog. Just ask George Mason Basketball, Mark Herzlich, or Anthony Robles and they’ll tell you. ESPN eats that shit up, and so does anyone that owns a TV or goes on the Internet. It’s actually a captivating story, and the fact that it was a National Bestselling novel should help too.
Mark my words; watch out for Moneyball this fall. The film budget was 47 million, which in the scheme of things doesn’t look so bad when you have huge blockbusters like Green Lantern shit their pants after dropping 200 million. At the very least, expect to see a few Oscar nods for Moneyball in the winter. It might be the Oakland A’s only chance of winning anything anytime soon.
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