The Sandlot (franchise)

The Sandlot franchise[1][2] consists of American coming-of-age sport-comedy installments including one theatrical film, and two straight-to-home video sequel films. The plot centers around preadolescent baseball fans, and their comedic adventures growing up as neighborhood friends. The first film was met with mixed-to-positive critical reception, while it was a financial success. Spawning a franchise, it has since been revered as a cult classic movie.[3][4][5]

The Sandlot
Official franchise logo, as released in 1993.
Based onOriginal characters created by
David Mickey Evans
Robert Gunter
Distributed by
Release date
1993–present
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$70,483,924
(cumulative of 3 released films)[lower-alpha 1]

The franchise will continue with a prequel film, and a legacy sequel television series in development. The prequel is intended to be a theatrical release, while the sequel series will be released via streaming service as an exclusive on Disney+.

Films

Film U.S. release date Directed by Screenplay by Produced by
The Sandlot April 7, 1993 (1993-04-07) David Mickey Evans David Mickey Evans & William S. Gilmore Dale De La Torre and William S. Gilmore
The Sandlot 2 May 3, 2005 (2005-05-03) David Mickey Evans David Bixler
The Sandlot: Heading Home May 1, 2007 (2007-05-01) William Dear Keith Mitchell & Allie Dvorin Jon Kuyper
Untitled prequel TBA TBA David Mickey Evans & Austin Reynolds Colin Greten and Daria Cercek

The Sandlot (1993)

In 1962 America, Scott "Scotty" Smalls moves to a new neighborhood with his mother and stepfather. Scotty struggles to make new friends. Eventually he follows a group of local boys to the small baseball diamond that they affectionately call "The Sandlot", and watches them play an improvised ballgame. As the majority of the gang at first picks on him, the star player of the team named Benjamin "Benny" Franklin Rodgriguez invites him to join them. All together they quickly learn that his sports skills are severely lacking. Together, they have pre-teen coming of age experiences and share comical incidents.

One day when the team wants to play baseball, but do not have all of the necessary equipment, Scotty volunteers his stepdad's collector's item prized ball. When Benny immediately hits a home run into the fenced-in yard of Mr. Mertle next door, Scotty goes to retrieve it before his friends panickingly stop him from doing so. Together they tell him he will never get it back, explaining the legend of "The Beast" that lives there. Hopeless and helpless, Scotty exclaims that it was signed by George "Babe" Ruth Jr., the group of friends devise a plan to get the legendary ball back before Scotty's stepdad notices it is missing.[6][7]

The Sandlot 2 (2005)

In 1972 America, a new gang of young baseball-fanatics spend their free time at the Sandlot. One day they decide to try something different by launching an authentic NASA model rocket that belongs to one of their parents. When the object accidentally lands in the neighboring cluttered yard belonging to Mr. Mertle, the group of friends must conquer their fears and return the rocket before it's realized to be missing. Together they seek to outsmart the local folklore of the neighbor's dangerous pet that they call "The Great Fear".[8][9]

The Sandlot: Heading Home (2007)

Tommy "Santa" Santorelli is a Major League Baseball star for the Los Angeles Dodgers, whose hot streak and impressive stats have caused an increase in his egotistical nature. During a game, Tommy steps up to the plate intending to hit another home run. Instead, a speeding fastball beams him in the head, knocking him out. Waking up, Tommy finds that his conscious-self has inexplicably been transported back in time to 1976 in his preadolescent age, when he first discovered his love for baseball with his friends and coaches (Benny and Squints) at The Sandlot. Re-living his early memories of the sport, causes a change within him and reminds him of why he loves the game.[10]

Future

In 2018, a prequel film was revealed to be in development. David Mickey Evans serves as co-writer with Austin Reynolds. The plot takes place in the 1950s. Colin Greten and Daria Cercek will serve as producers for the project.[11][12]

Television

In April 2019, a sequel television series was announced to be in development as a Disney+ exclusive streaming show. David Mickey Evans will serve as creator, screenwriter, executive producer, and showrunner for the series. Each of the original cast members are confirmed to reprise their roles from the first film. The series takes place during the 1980s with each of the original characters, now in their 30's, coaching their collective children.[13][14]

Main cast and characters

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This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in more than two films in the series.

  • An empty, dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film, or that the character's official presence has not yet been confirmed.
  •  O indicates an older version of the character.
  •  V indicates a voice-only role.
Character Film Television
The Sandlot The Sandlot 2 The Sandlot:
Heading Home
Untitled
prequel
Untitled
sequel series
Principal cast
Scott "Scotty" Smalls Tom Guiry
David Mickey EvansOV
Arliss HowardO
  Tom Guiry
Benjamin "Benny the Jet" Rodriguez Mike Vitar
Pablo VitarO
  Danny Nucci   Mike Vitar
Hamilton "Ham" Porter Patrick Renna   Patrick Renna
Michael "Squints" Palledorous Chauncey Leopardi   Chauncey Leopardi   Chauncey Leopardi
Alan "Yeah-Yeah" McClennan Marty York   Marty York
Kenny DeNunez Brandon Quintin Adams   Brandon Quintin Adams
Bertram Grover Weeks Grant Gelt   Grant Gelt
Timothy "Timmy" Timmons Victor di Mattia   Victor di Mattia
Tommy "Repeat" Timmons Shane Obedzinski   Shane Obedzinski
Mr. Mertle James Earl Jones  
John "Johnnie" Smalls   James Willson
David Mickey EvansOV
 
David "Rocket" Durango   Max Lloyd-Jones  
Hayley Goodfairer   Samantha Burton  
Mac McKing   Brett Kelly  
Saul Samuelson   Cole Evan Weiss  
Tarquell   Neilen Benvegnu  
Sammy "Fingers" Samuelson   Sean Berdy  
Singleton   Reece Thompson  
Tommy "Santa" Santorelli   Keanu Pires
Luke PerryO
 
Quincy "Q" Washington   Meschach Peters
Chris ShieldsO
 
Ryan   Cainan Wiebe
Dean HinchleyO
 
Two-Ton   Brandon Olds  
Timber   Kai James  
Wings McKay   Ryan Drescher  
D.P.   Cole Heppell  
Rolando "Roll" Alvarez   Renzo Carbonel  
Matt "Wok" Wakamoto   Samuel Patrick  
Supporting cast
Mrs. Smalls Karen Allen  
Bill Denis Leary  
Wendy Peffercorn Marley Shelton  
George "Babe" Ruth, Jr. Art LaFleur  
Mr. Goodfairer   Greg Germann  
Mrs. Goodfairer   Teryl Rothery  
Judy Santorelli   Lelia Johnson  
Sara Santorelli   Sarah Deakins  
Earl "E.J." Needman, Jr.   Alexander Ludwig  
Earl Needman   Paul Jarrett  

Additional crew and production details

Film Crew/Detail
Composer Cinematographer Editor Production companies Distributing company Running time
The Sandlot David Newman Anthony B. Richmond Michael A. Stevenson 20th Century Fox,
Island World
Twentieth Century Fox 1hr 41mins
The Sandlot 2 Laura Karpman David Pelletier Harry Keramidas 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC,
David Evans Pictures
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 1hr 37mins
The Sandlot: Heading Home Kendall Marsh Pascal Provost Chris Conlee 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 1hr 36mins
Untitled prequel film TBA TBA TBA 20th Century Fox,
20th Century Studios,
Walt Disney Studios
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures TBA
Untitled TV series sequel TBA TBA TBA 20th Century Fox Television,
20th Century Television,
Walt Disney Television
Disney+ TBA

Reception

Box office and financial performance

Film Box office gross Box office ranking Video
sales gross
Worldwide
sales total
Budget Worldwide
net income
Ref.
North America Other territories Worldwide All time
North America
All time
worldwide
North America
The Sandlot $32,434,0006 $1,398,307 $33,832,313 #2,638 #3,744 $34,237,307 $68,069,620 $7,000,000 $61,069,620 [15][16][17]
The Sandlot 2 Information not available [18]
The Sandlot: Heading Home $2,414,304 $2,414,304 Information not available <$2,414,304 [19]
Untitled prequel TBA
Totals $32,434,006 $1,398,307 $33,832,313 x̅ #660 x̅ #936 $36,651,611 $70,483,924 >$7,000,000 ≤$63,483,924

Critical and public response

Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore
The Sandlot 63% (56 reviews) [20] 55/100 (27 reviews) [21] B+[22]
The Sandlot 2 40% (5 reviews)[23]
The Sandlot: Heading Home — (3 reviews)[24]

Notes

  1. These figures are based on the available numbers, for the theatrical releases and the direct to video release. Though there are a total three movies released, some of the financial information is not publicly available.

References

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