It appears that Sony Pictures loves money and ball since, despite reported problems, the studio is still keen on the baseball project Moneyball for which they have hired The West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin to polish Steve Zaillian’s early script.

Apparently, the film was scheduled to begin shooting very soon, but the studio put it into turnaround as director Steven Soderbergh’s new version of the script took a more documentary approach, which studio chief Amy Pascal felt would hurt the film’s commercial prospects.

The studio hopes that Sorkin’s changes will bring the project back to the style they favor. The film tells the story of Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane, who assembled a baseball club on a shoestring budget by using computer-based analysis to draft players.

Brad Pitt is attached to star. However, Soderbegh is no longer set to direct.