Demetri Martin Plays ‘moneyball’ With Steven Soderbergh

MTV Movies Team, MTV Movies Blog
Tue, 04/21/2009 - 1:00pm

Contributed by Christopher Campbell When it comes to “Daily Show” correspondents finding success in the movies, Steve Carell will probably never be beat in terms of box office. But now that Demetri Martin has been cast in Steven Soderbergh’s next film “Moneyball,” the latter comedian has at least already bettered his “Daily Show” predecessor in terms [...]

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