Hill replaces Martin in Moneyball

Bennet Miller’s Moneyball was starting to shape up into a light comedy revolving around the Oakland A’s ball club and stats man Paul DePodesta with Demitri Martin and Brad Pitt to star.

Until Demitri dropped out and they picked Jonah Hill to replace him. What?

JoBlo shares:

Demetri Martin has dropped out of director Bennett Miller’s MONEYBALL. Replacing the beanpole comedian will be rotund funny guy Jonah Hill.

Hill would be stepping into the role of Paul DePodesta – an assistant to Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane (to be played by Brad Pitt) who together implemented the analytical principles of “sabermetrics” that helped the A’s build a competitive team on the cheap.

Maybe its just my constant distaste for Jonah Hill (who has annoyed me in everything after Superbad) or maybe its that they are replacing Dimitri Martin (who although funny isn’t an actor) who looked more like DePodesta.

DePodesta was a numbers man and used statistics to create a ball team with viable odds of survival without breaking the bank. I can’t see Hill in any intellectual roles at all.

Ever.

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