Pitt on 'Odyssey,' may play 'Moneyball' (VAR)

By Nancy Tartaglione-Vialatte

Brad Pitt is a busy guy. Warner Bros. and Pitt are teaming with George Miller to adapt Homer�s �The Odyssey� while Steve Zaillian has signed on to adapt Michael Lewis� nonfiction bestseller "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game" which is being developed as a potential Pitt star vehicle. David Frankel is attached to direct the latter project.

For �The Odyssey,� the intention is to transfer the tale to a futuristic setting in outer space. The early hope is that Pitt will star and Miller will direct, with Pitt�s Plan B producing.

Pitt played Achilles in the Wolfgang Petersen-directed "Troy" which was adapted from Homer�s "The Iliad."

�Moneyball� tells the story of Oakland A�s general manager Billy Beane, who assembled a contending baseball club on a shoestring budget by employing a sophisticated computer-based analysis to draft players.

Michael De Luca is producing alongside Rachael Horovitz, says Variety.