As the Babe says in childhood classic,The Sandlot,“Remember kid, there’s heroes and there’s legends — heroes get remembered, but legends never die.”
And the legend is back as fans of the iconic baseball film will get to watch the backstory ofThe Sandlotunfold in a prequel that is currently in the early stages of development at Twentieth Century Fox, according toEntertainment Weekly.
The Sandlotrevolves around a boy named Scottie Smalls (Tom Guiry) who befriends a group of boys who play baseball at the neighborhood sandlot during the summer of 1962. Multiple baseballs are lost after they’re thrown into The Beast’s backyard, never to be seen from again as the boys live in fear of the monster on the other side. James Earl Jones portrayed Mr. Mertle, the owner of the dog.
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Last week, the film’s stars Patrick Renna and Guiry, aka Ham and Smalls, had a funny encounter with aperson wearing a T-shirt featuring the movie’s most famous line— “You’re killing me smalls.”
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Much to their surprise, the person didn’t even recognize who they were.
In the photo accompanying the tweet, Renna is seen right beside his child-like self in a still from the movie alongside the clueless fan.
In April, most of the film’s formerly pint-sized stars reunited on theTODAY Showto talk about how the movie has impacted their lives.
“It’s been crazy. I mean, [it] definitely gets you in places for free,” Marty York, who played Alan ‘Yeah Yeah’ McClennan, remarked. “Can’t walk through a Las Vegas casino without someone yelling, ‘Yeah Yeah.'”
Also joining York for the reunion was Guiry, Brandon Quintin Adams (Kenny DeNunez), Shane Obedzinski (Timmy Timmons), Victor DiMattia (Tommy Repeat), Chauncey Leopardi (Michael ‘Squints’ Palledorous), Renna, and the film’s director, Evans.
Explaining why the film has continued to hold such a special place in people’s hearts, Evans said, “the film was made with the same amount of love that people have for it and it was the greatest summer of our lives.”
source: people.com
