It’s been a year since Amazon announced its plans to turn the classic Penny Marshall 1992 sports dramedy “A League of Their Own” into a half-hour comedy series. We only knew that Abbi Jacobsen was developing the series, but now we finally get some more news in the form of a casting announcement. Jacobsen will star in the pilot opposite “The Good Place” star and scene-stealer, D’Arcy Carden.
The news comes from Collider, which first reported that Carden was in negotiations to star opposite writer and “Broad City” co-creator Abbi Jacobsen. The show will, of course, be based on the movie of the same name that starred Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Rosie O’Donnell, Madonna and Tom Hanks. The movie followed two sisters on the Rockford Peaches, a team that played in the World War II-era All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
Though there are no other details about either of the characters that Carden or Jacobson will be playing, the synopsis gives us some clues as to the approach the show will take. The sibling angle of the original film may not be the focus, but since it will show the formation of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1943, we could be facing another “GLOW”-like ensemble piece that deals with heavy subjects while giving us plenty of comedic treats.
This is how Amazon describes the show. There is no release date announced as of now.
“A League of Their Own” is a half-hour comedy infusing the warmth, humor and DNA of the classic film, while taking a contemporary spin on the stories of the women surrounding the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. The show will begin with the formation of the league in 1943 and follows the Rockford Peaches, season to season as they struggle to keep the team alive through close games, injuries, late night bar crawls, sexual awakenings, not crying and road trips across a rapidly changing United States. The series dives deeper into the issues facing the country while following a ragtag team of women figuring themselves out while fighting to realize their dreams of playing professional baseball.