“A League of Their Own” fans are not happy with the scant news of a second season renewal that leaked earlier this week.
On Thursday afternoon, a plane chartered by fans flew over Culver Studios, Amazon Prime Video’s headquarters in Culver City, carrying a banner that read, “Make your own #BiggerOfFour.” Upgrade” with the hashtag describing a possible four episodes in the final season. passed.
News of the show’s renewal for a second season — consisting of four episodes — broke on Tuesday.
The show is a television version of Penny Marshall’s 1992 film, which delves deeper into aspects of race, sexual orientation, and gender identity for female baseball players trying out for the All American Girls Professional Baseball League, when men Was sent abroad to fight in World War. Second. The story follows the narratives of Carson Shaw (Abbie Jacobson) and Maxine Chapman (Chante Adams) as Shaw secures a spot in the league on the Rockford Peaches and Chapman is turned away but later finds a place in the minor leagues.
Max’s best friends Clancy Morgan (Gbemisola Icumelo), Lupe Garcia (Roberta Colindrez), Jess McCurdy (Kelly McCormack), Estee Gonzalez (Priscilla Delgado), Maybelle Fox (Molly Ephraim), Shirley Cohen (Kate Berlant) and a supporting cast. There is also the story of troop coach Dov Porter (Nick Offerman).
Co-creator Will Graham has been very active on Twitter, posting a thread before the news leaked and adding to it afterward.
He wrote, “Just to answer questions: The material that has come out today is leaked and it is not official, so we are not saying anything.” “So if you want to watch more episodes or more seasons of this show, now is your time. People are listening.
Amazon has declined to comment to TheWrap and other media outlets since the news broke.
“The audience is domestic, but our sense is that it’s huge. It’s done better than a lot of other shows that have been renewed,” Graham wrote before reports. “Journalists, please stop reinforcing the narrative that POC/Queer is inherently niche or small if you don’t have the data.”
Fans answered Graham’s call, tweeting how inclusive the show is.
posted by a fan collage of patches Inspired by AAGPBL appearing during the intro of the show.
“Renew for Mabel [Blair]who has shown more bravery and courage than the entire Amazon at the age of 96,” a fan wrotereferring to show consultant Mabel Blair, who at age 95 came out as a lesbian on the show’s press tour.
“Daisy Jones and the Six” writer Taylor Jenkins Reed, on which Graham also serves as executive producer, showed her support for the series on her temporary Instagram story on Wednesday.
