Demetri Martin catches 'Moneyball' roleSteven Soderbergh's pro baseball drama stars Brad PittApril 20, 2009, 10:27 PM ET
Steven Zaillian wrote the screenplay, which adapts Michael Lewis' nonfiction book about Oakland A's GM Billy Beane, who assembled a contending ballclub despite a payroll much lower than other major-league teams. Martin will play Paul DePodesta, a Harvard graduate who is into stats and probabilities and helps Beane (Pitt) develop his system. A summer start is being eyed. Michael De Luca and Rachel Horovitz are producing. Matt Tolmach, Jonathan Kadin and DeVon Franklin are overseeing for the studio. Martin, a rising actor and comedian, headlines Comedy Central's "Important Things With Demetri Martin," which sees him wearing actor, writer, composer and executive producer hats. Last year, he scored a role in Ang Lee's "Taking Woodstock," an ensemble drama starring Liev Schreiber, Emile Hirsch and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Martin is repped by CAA. Demetri Martin catches 'Moneyball' roleSteven Soderbergh's pro baseball drama stars Brad PittApril 20, 2009, 10:27 PM ET
Demetri Martin has been cast opposite Brad Pitt in "Moneyball," a pro baseball drama Steven Soderbergh is directing for Columbia.
Steven Zaillian wrote the screenplay, which adapts Michael Lewis' nonfiction book about Oakland A's GM Billy Beane, who assembled a contending ballclub despite a payroll much lower than other major-league teams. Martin will play Paul DePodesta, a Harvard graduate who is into stats and probabilities and helps Beane (Pitt) develop his system. A summer start is being eyed. Michael De Luca and Rachel Horovitz are producing. Matt Tolmach, Jonathan Kadin and DeVon Franklin are overseeing for the studio. Martin, a rising actor and comedian, headlines Comedy Central's "Important Things With Demetri Martin," which sees him wearing actor, writer, composer and executive producer hats. Last year, he scored a role in Ang Lee's "Taking Woodstock," an ensemble drama starring Liev Schreiber, Emile Hirsch and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Martin is repped by CAA.
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