Remaking Major League might be considered heresy in some circles. But naturally, Hollywood doesn’t care. According to Deadline, Morgan Creek Productions is selling off the domestic rights to its 78 film library, which includes Major League.
Normally, this wouldn’t seem like much of a big deal…until you reach the part of the article where Morgan Creek CEO Jim Robinson admits that they *are* considering a remake of Major League as part of the sale.
As part of any sale, Morgan Creek would retain remake rights for five titles — Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Major League, Young Guns, Flying Tigers and The Exorcist franchise — but pay a percentage of the gross profit to the new owner of the library. The company will also retain TV rights.
The company is completely debt-free. Hence, the money that comes from sale of the library will go back into its film production fund. “I’m selling the library strictly for economic reasons,” Morgan Creek CEO Jim Robinson told Deadline. “It will go back into the company to fund more production. We have a number of properties that we are looking to move forward on.” Hmmm, could a remake of Major League and Ace be in the works? “Yes,” said Robinson, who said that ideas are being tossed right now for both those and The Exorcist.
Why mess with a good thing? The original Major League was fine. It doesn’t *need* a remake. And quite frankly, considering how awful the third installment in the Major League franchise was…do we really need to go down that well again?
[Deadline]