Arts, Briefly - "Moneyball" Starts - NYTimes.com Sony Pictures Entertainment's "Moneyball" is back in the game, with a new director, Bennett Miller, in negotiations to take over, Variety reported. In July the studio abruptly canceled the true-life baseball story - based on Michael Lewis's 2003 book about the Oakland A's and their general manager, Billy Beane - rejecting a script from the movie's first director, Steven Soderbergh, and dropping him from the project just days before beginning production. But with Brad Pitt still attached, and a screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, the film seems to be back on track. A budget and production dates have not been announced. More Articles in Movies " A version of this article appeared in print on December 7, 2009, on page C2 of the New York edition.