Director Penny Marshall’s beloved 1992 movie about a women’s professional baseball team is getting a TV remake. Amazon Studios is turning “A League of Their Own” into an hour-long series from creator and star Abbi Jacobson (“Broad City”), who will executive produce with Will Graham. The cast also includes MOTs D’Arcy Carden (“The Good Place”) and recurring guest stars Molly Ephraim (“Last Man Standing”) and stand-up comic Kate Berlant.
According to Amazon, the updated series will take a deeper look at race and sexuality, following the journey of a whole new ensemble of characters as they carve their own paths towards the field, both in the League and outside of it.
“28 years ago, Penny Marshall told us a story about women playing professional baseball that up until then had been largely overlooked. We grew up obsessed with the film, like everyone else. Three years ago, we approached Sony with the idea of telling a new, still overlooked set of those stories. With the help of an enormously talented team of collaborators, an amazing cast, and the devoted support of Amazon to this project, we feel beyond lucky and excited to get to bring these characters to life,” Graham and Jacobson said in a statement. “It took grit, fire, authenticity, wild imagination and a crackling sense of humor for these players to achieve their dreams. We’re hoping to bring audiences a story with all of those qualities.”
“There’s no crying in baseball, or at Prime Video,” Vernon Sanders, Co-Head of Television, Amazon Studios said. “Will and Abbi have taken a classic movie, reimagining it for a new generation with new characters and their own fresh, modern vision on a timeless story of big dreams, friendship, love, and, of course, baseball. We’re so excited to partner with Sony to bring this emotional, exciting new series to our Prime Video customers around the world.”
