Shortly after announcing a TV series based on the film Love, Simon, Disney+ has also revealed that they have a TV series based on The Sandlot in development.
The director and co-writer of the 1993 film, David Mickey Evans, is attached to write and executive produce the series and it is said to take place in 1984 & would focus on the children of the original characters.
Earlier this year, Evans stated that many of the original cast members would return for the series and that he was near a two-season deal for the show. Evans is also working on a Sandlot prequel film with Austin Reynolds, with that film said to take place in the 1950s.
The original Sandlot film took place in the summer of 1962 and followed a group of friends who spent their days playing baseball while also dealing with a menacing dog that lived next to the sandlot that they called “The Beast.” The film starred Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Karen Allen, Denis Leary, James Earl Jones, Patrick Renna, Chauncey Leopardi, Marty York, Brandon Quintin Adams, Grant Gelt, Shane Obedzinski, and Victor DiMattia. The film was a modest hit at the time, grossing $33 million but it went on to become a huge cult classic.
