“The Sandlot” is Getting Rebooted as a TV Show … WITH THE ORIGINAL CAST!

When I ranked the top-20 baseball movies a couple years ago (I know, I know, I forgot Little Big League), the 90s classing “The Sandlot” landed near the top of the rankings, despite not actually having all that much baseball in the movie, itself:

Check out my preferences, plus the actual amount of people playing baseball in each movie):

  1. Bull Durham (1988) – 26 minutes 30 seconds
  2. Moneyball (2011) – 21 minutes 43 seconds
  3. Major League (1989) – 40 minutes 11 seconds
  4. Bang the Drum Slowly (1973) – 14 minutes 45 seconds
  5. The Bad News Bears (1976) – 40 minutes 0 seconds
  6. The Sandlot (1993) – 14 minutes 50 seconds
  7. 42 (2013) – 30 minutes and 54 seconds
  8. A League of Their Own (1992) – 28 minutes 30 seconds
  9. Major League II (1994) – 45 minutes 14 seconds
  10. Rookie of the Year (1993) – 44 minutes 4 seconds
  11. Fever Pitch (2005) – 7 minutes 56 seconds
  12. 61* (2001) – 25 minutes 0 seconds
  13. Field of Dreams (1989) – 10 minutes 20 seconds
  14. Eight Men Out (1988) – 28 minutes 30 seconds
  15. The Natural (1984) – 36 minutes 0 seconds
  16. Hardball (2001) – 22 minutes 30 seconds
  17. The Rookie (2001) – 33 minutes 52 seconds
  18. For the Love of the Game (1999) – 35 minutes 15 seconds
  19. Major League: Back to the Minors (1998) – whoops…reset the clock
  20. Angels in the Outfield (1994) – 28 minutes 3 seconds

And it didn’t surprise me in the least. Growing up, The Sandlot was an all-timer. Everyone I knew loved it and reenacted every scene every time we put on a glove or stepped up to the plate. It was an absolute classic and I watched it more times than I care to count.

So, as you can imagine, I was unwaveringly excited when they announced The Sandlot 2, back in 2005 … and understandably upset when it didn’t come ANYWHERE CLOSE to recapturing the magic of the original.

But one bad sequel shouldn’t squash an entire, beloved movie universe, right? I don’t think so. Which is why I am once again letting some recent Sandlot news settle right into the soft spot of my heart: The original cast is reuniting for a TV reboot.

The original writer/director, David Mickey Evans, recently revealed his plans to reboot The Sandlot as a TV Show and his description has got my drooling: “I already got all the original castmembers back. It takes place in 1984, when they’re all, like, 33 years old and they all have children of their own, and that’s all I can tell you.”

I’m willing to bet the original cast won’t be the primary focus of the show – also didn’t Bertram Weeks get really into the 60s and no one ever saw him again? – with a focus, instead, being on their kids, but their presence alone will likely draw fans of the original back into the fold.

And if all this wasn’t enough, Evans revealed that he’s already sold not one, but TWO seasons of the show to the secret streaming service that’ll host it (my bet is on Disney Streaming, but I guess Netflix, or even Hulu, isn’t out of the question). Needless to say, I’m full stoked on it and will be binge-watching the entire first season as soon as it’s up.

And for all of you Sandlot-psychos out there, get this: There is ALSO a prequel movie in the works, set to take place before the events of the original movie, which, who knows what that’ll be about, but I thought you’d want to know. Needless to say, if you want your Sandlot fix, the universe is providing all kinds of options.

And if that’s still not enough for you, check out the original case back together during the 25th anniversaryhttps://www.bleachernation.com/baseballisfun/2018/04/13/the-cast-of-the-sandlot-reunited-on-the-25th-anniversary-to-play-a-little-baseball/:

… Or the Brewers reenactment:

… Or the Yankees reenactment:

What can I say? Everybody loves the lot.

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Michael Cerami began covering the Chicago Cubs for Bleacher Nation as a part-time contributor in 2015. One year later, he joined Bleacher Nation full-time, covering the Chicago Cubs and Major League Baseball. Today, Michael runs Bleacher Nation, contributing as a writer (Cubs, MLB) and an editor for all sections of the site, including the Chicago Bears, Bulls, and Blackhawks, as well as MLB, NBA, NHL, and NFL. In 2019, Michael was the co-host of NBC Sports Chicago's Cubs Post-Game Show Outside the Ivy. You can find him on Twitter/X @Michael_Cerami

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