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20th Century Fox is in the early stages of developing a prequel to the 1993 baseball comedy "The Sandlot" with original director and writer David Mickey Evans scripting the project with Austin Reynolds.
The studio keeps the log line on the prequel under the envelopes. "The Sandlot" was re-released on Blu-ray and Digital HD on March 27 as part of the film's 25th anniversary, and the actors came together on "The Today Show" and Dodger Stadium.
The original movie was set in Los Angeles in the summer of 1962, rotating a new teen boy named Scott Smalls seeking to integrate in the neighborhood and trying to play on the team. sand baseball – even though he can not play. After being humiliated, Smalls learns to play by Benny's team leader "The Jet" Rodriguez, and rejoins the team. The boys have to deal with the loss of an autographed ball by Babe Ruth and the removal of The Beast, a wild English Mastiff dog who lives next to the sandlot.
Fox saw a solid success of "The Sandlot", which was made for $ 7 million and $ 33 million gross, followed by strong DVD and VHS sales. The studio has made direct video suites "The Sandlot 2" in 2005 and "The Sandlot: Heading Home" in 2005 with both made by Evans. Colin Greten and Daria Cercek oversee the project for the studio
Reynolds' screenplay, "From New York to Florida", landed on the 2016 blacklist in the story of a troubled teenager forced to take a car trip with his grandparents. It is rewritten by Verve and Madhouse. The news about the prequel has been reported by Deadline Hollywood.
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