A Fourth 'Major League' Movie in the On-Deck Circle

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06Jul2009

A Fourth 'Major League' Movie in the On-Deck Circle

Monday, July 6, 2009 at 10:25AM

It's a week away from the Major League Baseball All-Star Game and Steroid Derby, so I can't think of a better time for talk of a fourth Major League movie to spread.

Moviehole reports that the inimitable Bob Uecker, the Hall of Fame broadcaster for the Milwaukee Brewers, has been in touch with the creative team behind another Major League, which would naturally bring him back as play-by-play announcer Harry Doyle. Ueck is apparently the only source on the story right now, but if you can't trust a cast member from Mr. Belvedere, who can you trust?

The first movie, of course, is great, stupid fun, the kind we really don't see all that much anymore. Oh, we'll see stupid; it's just not very fun. I think I saw the sequel, and I know I missed part three, but the original movie holds up about as well as baseball or comedies from that era, so take that for what it's worth.

Even before reading Moviehole write the same thing, my gut told me this smacked of a direct-to-DVD movie. There has been a trend of keeping franchises alive that way (a la American Pie) that are cheap to produce and presumably quite lucrative. It might not be worth the risk to bankroll a theatrical release with no stars, especially since you're going to have a big cast.

But just for the hell of it, I'd love Tom Berenger to still be catching in the majors at age 60.

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