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Baseball movies aren't the biggest draw these days.  They haven't been for some time, except maybe in the United States (and to a lesser degree Canada).  Be that as it may, Sony Pictures believes the baseball film Moneyball (based on the book of the same name) is worth some serious investment.

The project was thought dead until news came that Sony has brought in writer Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing) to re-work a script last revised by director Steven Soderbergh.  That new draft took the film in a direction Sony wasn't comfortable with so the project got put on hold.  The saving grace of it all was the fact Brad Pitt was still attached to play baseball player, Billy Beane.  With such a high profile actor already commited it didn't seem likely Sony would abandon the film entirely.

Sorkin seems the most likely writer these days to pen a script based on sports.  Creator of the acclaimed Sports Night television series Sorkin is a sports fan so he knows the genre.  Further, he's a man who knows character.  Sorkin excels at character driven stories which I have no doubt will keep Pitt interested given his often dramatic performances.  Now he just has to sell all parties involved on a his take on the story which I don't think will be too hard for him to do.