Major League 4?

[Dr. Evil]

http://www.moviehole.net/200919740-major-league-4-in-the-works

Various readers - all assumingly attendees of the event - tell us that baseball legend, and the lungs behind "Major League" commentator Harry Doyle, Bob Uecker, sang the 7th inning stretch at Wrigley stadium last week, and later retired to the box where he proceeded to chat up the game, but also his involvement in the "Major League" films. Uecker confirmed that a "Major League 4" is in the works. He's apparently had contact from the creative team behind the first three films. And apparently it's not the first time Uecker has mentioned it in recent weeks.

And that's about all we've got to go on at the moment. If it's happening, which it sounds like it is, I can only assume - based on the stock involved - that it'll be a direct-to-DVD project.. which is just fine because most of the original cast, like Tom Berenger and Corbin Bernsen, spend most of their time on the bottom shelf at Blockbuster anyway. Can only imagine both those guys would've already been contacted. The only cast member I'd say the producers might have a hard time convincing is Charlie Sheen. Maybe Dennis Haysbert too. Be a pisser if they got Wesley Snipes back - whose no longer the big star he was in the early 90s; you'll recall he passed on reprising his role in "Major League II" because of his then megastardom (Omar Epps replaced him).

The last "Major League" flick was the 1998's "Major League : Back to the Minors" starring Scott Bakula and Corbin Bernsen. The poorly-received sequel, about an ageing minor league pitcher recruited by Roger Dorn to be the manager of the South Carolina buzz, pocketed only a few million dollars in its initial box-office run. By comparison, the original 1989 film walked away with near $50 million. Quite a sum for the 90s.

 

[Wiseman]

YES!!!! Finally we can complete the trilogy of crappy sequels to Major League

 

[CELTICPRED]

Maybe it follows Snipes as he plays ball in jail?

 

[Mister J]

I can already see a side plot concerning steroids/PEDs and a portrayal of a goofy commissioner/authority figure. That speculation aside, I think this is going to follow suit and be worse than the previous one. Yikes.

 

[bullets]

I only knew about the first one .

 

[Tex]

i actually enjoyed 1 and 2 when i was a little kid and i recently saw the third one on tv and it was pretty bad. id be down for a 4th. hopefully they can get some original people. in the third one they only had dorn and the backup catcher that had to look at porn to throw the ball to second base lol.

 

[Matt]

Oy, with Bernsen starting on Psych I doubt they'll even be able to get him back. They'll probably have the guy who played Rube Baker returning and Ueker (unless something better comes up...Mr. Belvedere reunion, anyone?). This is a bad idea.

 

[SoulManX]

http://www.moviehole.net/200919740-major-league-4-in-the-works

I was an extra on ML: Back to the minor....even then I knew it was going to suck

 

[Wesley Dodds]

Oh dear.

If we're talkin' pointless sequels to ****** sports movies of the early 90's, i'd much rather see "A League Of Their Own: Second Base" or maybe "Might Ducks 5: Hunting Season"... Maybe "Cool Runnings: Run, Sanka, Run"

 

[Wiseman]

Oh dear.

If we're talkin' pointless sequels to ****** sports movies of the early 90's, i'd much rather see "A League Of Their Own: Second Base" or maybe "Might Ducks 5: Hunting Season"... Maybe "Cool Runnings: Run, Sanka, Run"

I don't oppose any of those ideas

 

[Donnie Darko]

my friend and I were actually talking about a possibility for a Major League return a week or so ago. My idea would be to make it a loose sequel/reboot. Don't bring in too many of the old characters, maybe just Ueker and Berenger (and maybe Bernsen), and have it follow the tone of the first film. Let there be dirty humor and "adult language." Don't follow the path of the original (as well as Police Academy, too) and have an awesome first film, then get more and more kid-friendly with each sequel. I'd say have Berenger as the manager/main character, and bring in a cast of new players for his team, mostly relative unknowns with a few more popular guys thrown in.

 

[The Guard]

At least it's not a remake.

 

[Dark Donnie]

Unless Harris returns I'm not really interested.

Harris: "Are you trying to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curve ball?"

Still one of my favorite lines

 

[Donnie Darko]

Harris is one of the all-time greats.

I was thinking, if they did this (at least in the way that I talked about earlier), and I think I came up with some potential cast members: Danny McBride (he's already shown his skills as a washed up hilarious ballplayer in Eastbound and Down), Giovani Ribisi, and John Krasinski. I think then you have some guys that could do humor in the style of the first movie, and not be too "obvious" for casting a big comedy movie (like Seth Rogen, Paul Rudd-who I have a mancrush on, etc).

 

[byte19]

I'll take the League sequel for 200 please....