‘A League of Their Own’: How to Watch the Anticipated Reboot Online

The 1993 classic “A League of Their Own” starring Tom Hanks, Geena Davis and Madonna, gets a modern update in a new series that hits Amazon Prime Video this Friday.

The series remake features all new characters in a similar storyline that centers around the formation of an all-girls baseball league during World War II. Like in the Penny Marshall-directed film, the series is set in 1943. New character Carson (played by “Broad City’s” Abbi Jacobson) finds herself enthralled by the sport of baseball after her husband is deployed overseas. While Carson’s character seems to be lightly inspired by Davis’s portrayal of Dottie in the original film, her teammate Greta played by D’Arcy Carden has hints of Madonna’s glamorous Mae.

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In a recent interview with Carden, the actress told Variety, “They set out to tell a more inclusive story, because we’ve already seen the story from the straight white girl lens. So let’s see what else is out there. Women were playing baseball. Black women were playing baseball. In 2022, getting eight hours instead of two hours, we were able to tell a bigger story. It’s what I want to watch.”

While the storylines are new, Carden promises “kisses to the original,” which she herself has fond memories of watching as a child. “In the ‘80s and ‘90s, there were all these baseball movies. I was a sporty little kid and I really liked them. When ‘A League of Their Own’ came out, I didn’t even know there could be a sports movie about women,” she says. “It totally, completely holds up. It’s still incredible. The performances are incredible. There’s not a bad moment in it. I love it all. In fact, I love it more now.”

The biggest departure from the original film is a larger emphasis on race relations. Chanté Adams stars as a Black woman athlete named Max who is excluded from tryouts because of her race and takes a factory job in the hopes of playing for the men’s team.

“Max’s storyline brings a blast of outright painful drama into the world of ‘League,’ and it’s welcome,” writes Variety‘s chief TV critic Daniel D’Addario in his review of the series. “The refusal to allow this series to play with nostalgia without engaging who was left out in a past era brings a not-unpleasant astringency to a series that makes other critiques in quieter, lighter manners.”

All eight episodes of “A League of Their Own” arrive on Prime Video on Friday, Aug. 12. In order to stream the series, you’ll have to subscribe to Amazon Prime for $14.99/month or sign up for a 30-day tree trial here.

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Prime Video also has the original movie to stream. If you want to watch the classic, starring Tom Hanks, Geena Davis and Madonna, you can rent it for $3.99 or watch it digitally in HD for $6.99. If you’re feeling old-school, you can even check out the Blu-ray version of the film which will allow you to have instant access even without a Wi-Fi connection.

A special 25th anniversary Blu-ray includes special features such as deleted scenes, commentary from Penny Marshall and the cast and even a music video for Madonna’s “This Used to be My Playground.”

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