Brad Pitt is a busy man, not only is he currently filming Inglourious Basterds, but he has also agreed to star in a film about baseball. We also have the first photo of him on the set of Inglourious Basterds as well.

The baseball film is about a manger who picked his team according to statistics, rather than form.

Brad Pitt has agreed to star in the film version of Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game. The book was written by Michael Lewis. He spent time with Billy Beane, General Manager of the Oakland A's. With a tight budget, he and his team put together a group of players based on complicated statistics. I don't know much about baseball, but the book sounds like a fairly indepth look at the details of the game. The news comes from Cinema Blend.

Any baseball fans out there who have read the book? Is it film material?

As a short aside we also have the first photo of Brad Pitt on the set of Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds. The photo is from Coming Soon.