We reported almost a month ago that Sony’s Amy Pascal had scrapped Steven Soderbergh’s “Moneyball” only 96 hours before shooting was scheduled to begin.  It turns out that the studio still wants to make the film, but without Soderbergh’s help.

Variety is reporting that Sony is still game for making the baseball flick having hired Aaron Sorkin to cleanup an earlier version of the script by Steve Zaillian.

Brad Pitt hasn’t wavered and is still attached the adaptation of Michael Lewis’ nonfiction bestseller “Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game,” but Steven Soderbergh will no longer helm the pic.

After Pascal canned the project because she was afraid the shooting script wasn’t commercial enough it was put into limited turnaround, but Sony has held on to it hoping Sorkin’s changes will make it more accessible to the average movie-goer.

The narrative focuses on Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane, who molded the club into a top contender despite a shoestring budget.