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Cinematical (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
... when he was unexpectedly yanked from the director's chair by Columbia Pictures head honcho Amy Pascal. She didn't like the latest script revisions, so Aaron Sorkin was hired to make sure Moneyball takes a more mainstream, less documentary approach than what Soderbergh evidently had in mind. To complete the task, Variety reports that Columbia is now ready to put the ball in the hands of experienced...
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ComingSoon.net (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
... wrote an earlier draft. Steven Soderbergh had been attached to direct the film, but Columbia's Amy Pascal pulled the plug just five days before shooting was to begin after reading Soderbergh's rewrite.
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Amy Pascal, co-chair of Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Disney's Anne Sweeney both were named the most powerful women in entertainment on Friday, heading the Hollywood Reporter's annual "Power 100" list.
