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Amazon is developing a series based on the film A League of Their Own.
Hailing from writers Will Graham (Mozart in the Jungle) and Abbi Jacobson (Broad City), the half-hour comedy is said to be not a close adaptation of the Penny Marshall movie starring Tom Hanks and Geena Davis, but rather a modern take on the story. It is not expected to feature characters from the original, but will follow a new version of the Rockford Peaches during the first season of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1943.
No deals are yet closed for the potential series, which would be produced by Sony Pictures Television, but a mini-writers room is believed to be in place, ready to work on scripts. Representatives for Amazon and Sony declined to comment.
Directed by Marshall and premiering in 1992, A League of Their Own was a critical and commercial success. In addition to Davis and Hanks, the film starred Lori Petty, Madonna, and Rosie O’Donnell.
Amazon’s series would not be the first attempt at a television adaptation. A Sony-produced sitcom version starring Sam McMurray and Carey Lowell premiered on CBS in 1993, but managed to last only five episodes.
The Hollywood Reporter first reported news of the adaptation.
