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For many kids growing up in the early 1990s, "The Sandlot" was one of the definitive sports movies. Set in 1960s Southern California, it revolves around a group of kids who gather to play baseball in an abandoned lot in their suburban neighborhood. But their light-hearted escapades turn chaotic when the newest member of their ranks accidentally offers up a priceless baseball autographed by Babe Ruth, not realizing its significance, which is promptly hit over the fence into a neighboring junkyard. To get it back, they'll have to tangle with the Beast, a (supposedly) bloodthirsty monster of a dog who (allegedly) eats burglars as though they were kibble.

Over the years since its release, "The Sandlot" has swung its way into the heart of pop culture, basking in the warm glow of '90s nostalgia and developing a reputation of one of the greatest baseball movies of all time. While...

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Gracie McGraw isn’t coming out as queer.

Not exactly, anyway.

The eldest daughter of Tim McGraw and Faith Hill noticed headlines that were saying that she has “come out” for Pride this year.

She’s setting the record straight, because she’s not straight — and has been out as queer for a while now.

Gracie McGraw attends the 9th Annual “Voices: Stars For Foster Kids” Benefit Concert hosted by You Gotta Believe at Town Hall on September 18, 2023. (Photo Credit: Jenny Anderson/Getty Images for You Gotta Believe) Gracie McGraw is queer, but she didn’t come out this week

Recent reports of Gracie McGraw coming out as queer are inaccurate — because her coming out was not recent.

The 28-year-old scion of Country icons took to Instagram to clarify that, whether or not people knew it, she’s been out for many years.

Gracie branded herself as an “out and proud queer,...

Archstone Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights to “Saurus City,” an animated feature from Suspended Animation Studios, 405 Productions Inc. and Bonfire Entertainment.

The family-friendly adventure, blends cutting-edge 3D printing, handcrafted artistry and CGI. It also boasts an all-star voice cast including Ron Perlman (“Hellboy”), Emma Roberts (“We’re the Millers”), Dennis Quaid (“The Substance”), Tim Meadows (“Mean Girls”), Aimee Garcia (“Dexter”), and Julia Ormond (“Sabrina”). “Saurus City” is written and directed by Nate Smith (“The Light Before Christmas”).

The film follows a disgraced and battle-weary knight (Perlman) who answers a call to aid a young woman in distress (Roberts) — only to realize that the fate of the kingdom now rests in his hands. The Shrouded Knight (Quaid), bent on revenge and destruction, pursues them with his maniacal creations to conquer the kingdom.

The film is produced by Ron Brough, Cynthia Lagow, Brad Johnson, Joel Michaely, and Smith. Executive producers include Deena Dill,...

In light of the restrictions imposed on women in Afghanistan after the fall of Kabul in 2021, Bill Guttentag’s “Rule Breakers” couldn’t feel more urgent. It’s a story that relies on human resilience – women who stand up against all adversities to strive for recognition that is harder for them because of the relatively extremist and regressive regime that they live in. This would consequently mean that the movie that tells their tale should also be somewhat of a standout. Sadly, that’s not the case.

The only rule the movie breaks is being relatively secular about its stance while being distributed by the faith-based “Angel Studios.” I mean, there’s not a single shred of rule-breaking, or reinventing narrative conveniences in this tired, by-the-numbers underdog tale that is only sparingly inspiring. However, even the inspiring part should be attributed to the true story of the “Aghan Dreamers” that the film is based on.

Sports and cartoons are taking over the week on streaming. Illumination’s Despicable Me movies and Disney’s biggest hits Frozen and Moana make their mark on platforms. But it’s the Academy Award-nominated The Wild Robot that’s taking the charts by storm. Apart from all the 2D action, sports are having their little moment with the wrestling biopic Unstoppable and the Little Leagues inspirational flick You Gotta Believe. With audiences looking for something more along the action genre to kick 2025 off, viewers are giving one particular action movie a lot of love on Netflix.

The success of The Night Agent is apparently not a one-season phenomenon.

The Netflix thriller recorded its biggest week to date with the opening of its second season. The show amassed 3.11 billion minutes of viewing for the week of Jan. 20-26 (season two premiered Jan. 23), according to Nielsen’s streaming ratings, topping its previous best of 3.06 billion minutes in March 2023.

Nielsen says viewing of season two accounted for 76 percent of the weekly total, which works out to about 2.36 billion minutes.

After making its debut on the streaming charts a week earlier, Apple TV+’s Severance improved a little on that performance with 622 million minutes of viewing (a gain of about 6 percent week to week). That’s the highest weekly total for any Apple TV+ show since Ted Lasso in 2023.

The previous week’s overall No. 1, Netflix’s movie Back in Action, came down a little bit but still had a...

The writer, director, and stars of "Forrest Gump" regroup after 30 years for a new high-concept drama. You can imagine this premise being easily sold to salivating studio execs. And yet, Robert Zemeckis' "Here" was an abject critical and commercial dud when it debuted in November 2024. What happened? Well, according to critics, the movie is just bad. More specifically it is, according to The Times' Kevin Maher, "like watching the Sims get dementia." What does that mean? You'll have to watch the movie to find out, which you can now readily do over on Netflix.

If, out of pure curiosity, you do decide to stream Zemeckis' misfire, you won't be the only one. Netflixers are currently giving the ill-fated drama a modest reprieve over on the streamer, with "Here" working its way up the most-watched charts. The film's streaming success caps off a month that saw the similarly sentimental sports drama...

Patrick Renna, a longtime actor with credits across film and television, is teaming with actor Kyle Howard and actress/marketing executive Lynsey Bartilson Moore to launch a production banner that has a slate of scripted and unscripted projects in the works.

The banner, titled Hambino Media, nods to Renna’s breakout role in 1993’s sports comedy The Sandlot.

Among the planned non-fiction projects is an untitled series in development with the MLB, an untitled series with Golf Digest as well as two untitled projects with Blind Nil, Chip and Joanna Gaines’ production company.

Renna, Howard and Moore are also developing a half-hour comedy series set in the world of fan conventions titled The Big Con, with Ethan Sandler and Adrian Wenner writing and Victor Nelli to direct. The Hambino Media team is also working on developing a feature treatment of World of Hurt, based on the fiction of horror novelist Thomas Tessier,...

If there's one thing that moviegoers are a sucker for when it comes to their big screen viewings, it's an uplifting underdog tale of perseverance and tenacity. For decades, sports dramas have been the bread-and-butter in Hollywood, as audiences can't help but root for these courageous characters as they face adversity and monumental hurdles while trying to achieve their ambitious goals. Luke Wilson and Greg Kinnear joined forces to star in the emotionally-moving 2024 film You Gotta Believe, which brilliantly depicts the Fort Worth Westside All-Stars' remarkable season that landed them at the 2002 Little League World Series.

You Gotta Believe highlights the tremendous efforts the young team put forth to make it to the annual tournament, doing so to honor the ailing father of one of their players, who was undergoing treatment for his terminal cancer as the Llws played out. The inspiring sports drama is based on a powerful true...

Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx’s spy thriller “Back in Action” continues its dominance of the streaming landscape, maintaining its top position for a second consecutive week. After capturing 3.2 million U.S. households during its first weekend streaming, the action-packed film has shown remarkable staying power, demonstrating that audiences aren’t ready to let go of this high-stakes adventure.

Netflix showed its streaming supremacy with an impressive triple threat at the top of the charts, as “The Night Agent” Season 2 and “American Primeval” secured the No. 2 and No. 3 positions respectively.

The Paramount+ release of “Gladiator II” proved its box office success wasn’t a fluke, charging into No. 4, while Taylor Sheridan’s “Landman” was finally unseated from its lock on the top two slots over the last seven weeks to fall into No. 5. The success of “The Night Agent” Season 2 sparked renewed interest in its predecessor, with Season 1 claiming the No.

In the last few years, Netflix has further expanded its slate with foreign titles that have proven to be extremely popular. Aside from the worldwide phenomenon series Squid Game and Money Heist, the streamer has released many popular movies, too, like 2023's Society of the Snow, 2019's The Platform, and 2024's Under Paris.

A new title that's making waves on the streaming service is Ad Vitam. The French action thriller debuted on Netflix on Jan. 10, 2025, and has been a huge hit ever since. Ad Vitam continued its dominance at the top of the non-English movie charts globally for a third week in a row, adding 8.4 million views, the equivalent of 13.7 million hours viewed for the week between Jan. 20 and Jan. 26, per Tudum.

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There's nothing people love more than a comeback story and Cameron Diaz proves that.

There are so many shows and movies on Netflix these days. New releases arrive, and some others get canceled or end their time on the platform. You can, of course, keep up with all those arrivals and exits on here. Let’s also help you keep up with what to watch by sharing the global top five English shows and movies from Tudum. The list has just been updated for the week ending Sunday, January 26.

The top five movies see a slight surprise as Carry-On, the Die Hard-style airport drama with Taran Egerton slides out after just two weeks. Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz in their 2010 comedy action caper Knight And Day are also gone. There is a neat mix of emotional drama that will tug on the heartstrings in the two new entries into the five.

When it comes to the top five shows, you can see the...

In movies, the underdog’s ultimate triumph serves as an ideal feel-good narrative, and sports dramas have a way of getting to our hearts by making us root for them against all odds. A 2024 sports drama, You Gotta Believe, starring Luke Wilson, fits perfectly into this mold. Despite its divisive reception among critics, the movie has struck a chord with audiences. You Gotta Believe arrived on Netflix in January 2025 and is now sitting pretty at #2 on Netflix’s Top 10 movies list (via Flix Patrol).

You Gotta Believe follows the story of Bobby Ratliff (Wilson), a dedicated assistant coach of the Westside All-Stars, a youth baseball team from Fort Worth, Texas. The team, as you’d expect, isn’t very good at the sport, and it doesn’t help that Ratliff is diagnosed with terminal cancer just as they’re on a path to enter the 2002 Little League World Series. The...

Oscar nominated films took the #8 (“A Complete Unknown”) and #10 (“The Brutalist”) slots in theatrical box office this weekend. It’s a different story with home viewing, as seen by the current charts at iTunes (listing by transactions) and Fandango (revenue).

Of their 20 total positions, 12 are held by films with at least one nomination. That covers nine different films, with three on both.

Though the top three titles were big box offices hits with little or no need for awards to elevate their home interest. Just released “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” (Paramount) is #1 at both iTunes and Fandango, while “Nosferatu,” also new, is second at Fandango, third at iTunes (after placing second most of its first week out). Previous #1 for two weeks “Wicked” (Universal) is #2 at Fandango, #3 at iTunes.

The same is not true at Netflix. “Emilia Pérez,” for which they have U.S., Canada, and U.K. rights, led with 13 nominations.

Find out how closely You Gotta Believe mirrors the real-life events that inspired its heartfelt story, weighing fact against fiction.

You Gotta Believe is a family sports film directed by Ty Roberts, based on the true story of Bobby Ratliff and the Fort Worth Westside All-Stars, a last-place youth baseball team that defied the odds to compete in the 2002 Little League World Series.

After mixed reviews from critics and a 59% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the film was added to Netflix on January 21 offering audiences worldwide a chance to experience its inspiring narrative.

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If nothing else, you can at least make the case that Netflix viewers have a certain kind of diverse taste. While the current situation is pretty dire, with Cameron Diaz's first movie in 11 years dominating the Netflix charts despite terrible reviews, last year we saw the director of "Green Room" top the same charts with the excellent action thriller "Rebel Ridge." Likewise, movies such as Kevin Hart's "Lift" enjoy baffling success on the streamer but so too do stellar sci-fi epics directed by Christopher Nolan, such as when "Interstellar" topped the Netflix charts to start 2025.

In all, then, Netflix is an infinitely fascinating yet confounding landscape -- one that's populated by the kind of streaming slop responsible for watering down the entire concept of moviemaking, yet also capable of exposing global audiences to Academy Award nominated films such as the Spanish drama "Society of the Snow." Now, the...

Underdog sports movies have slowly died down after they became such a huge sensation in the early 2000s. The reason, of course, is the narrative structure that said films follow. There’s always the hero’s journey somewhere in there while also being about the characters who shape the story for them. With time, the trope of this underdog became redundant, but few films every now and then were able to reconfigure or at least reaffirm why such stories are always important. They are rousing, relatable and inspiring. They give us hope in times when we find ourselves corned by our big ambitions. Ty Roberts’ “You Gotta Believe” is not one of those movies, though.

I mean, it does have all the usual tropes that you find in such films. It stars Luke Wilson and Greg Kinner as the co-coaches and dads of kids who are part of a little league baseball team.

Shining Vale, a Courteney Cox and Greg Kinnear-led, award-winning horror comedy show, was canceled by Starz at the end of 2023 after just two seasons. To add insult to injury, Starz also removed the show from its library. Fans will be happy to know that both seasons have reappeared on Max on New Year's Day 2025 and quickly went to number three on the charts.

The show follows the Phelps family, Patricia "Pat" (Courteney Cox) and Terry (Greg Kinnear) as they move to an old house in a small Connecticut town, in an attempt to save their marriage. Unfortunately, their new home was the site of horrible events and could be haunted. Soon, Pat wonders if she has become possessed by the demons that could be lurking in the house.

Shining Vale debuted in the spring of 2022 and received positive reviews from critics and fans and a respectable 228,000 viewers. It currently...

A couple of weeks ago, it was announced Adam Scott (Severance) and Danielle Deadwyler (The Harder They Fall) have the lead roles in the darkly comedic thriller The Saviors, which is currently filming in Los Angeles. Kevin Hamedani, who previously directed Zmd: Zombies of Mass Destruction and Junk, is directing the film from a script he co-wrote with Travis Betz. This one was was featured on the Blacklist way back in 2018, so it’s good to see it finally going into production… and now we know the names of several of Scott and Deadwyler’s co-stars. Deadline reports that the supporting cast includes Greg Kinnear (You Gotta Believe), Kate Berlant (Would It Kill You to Laugh), Nazanin Boniadi (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power), Ron Perlman (The Instigators), and Colleen Camp (Amsterdam).

The story of The Saviors centers on a suburban couple whose life spirals out of...

Exclusive: Greg Kinnear (You Gotta Believe), Kate Berlant (Would It Kill You to Laugh), Nazanin Boniadi (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power), Ron Perlman (The Instigators), and Colleen Camp (Amsterdam) have come aboard to support Adam Scott and Danielle Deadwyler in The Saviors, a darkly comedic indie thriller, which has wrapped production.

Directed by Kevin Hamedani from a script he co-wrote with Travis Betz, which was featured on the 2018 Black List, the film is about a suburban couple whose life spirals into paranoia and danger when they rent their garage to mysterious tenants, leading to a shocking revelation with world-altering stakes.

Kinnear plays Jim Clemente, an eccentric detective who the couple hires to investigate their new tenants. Berlant plays Scott’s character’s conspiracy theorist sister, Cleo. Boniadi plays Jahan, one of the mysterious tenants. Perlman and Camp play the parents of Scott’s character, Mr. and Mrs.

Exclusive: Archstone Entertainment has acquired international rights to Little League Baseball drama You Gotta Believe, starring Luke Wilson, Academy Award nominee Greg Kinnear, Sarah Gadon, and Molly Parker, and will begin sales at the AFM.

Directed by Ty Roberts (12 Mighty Orphans) from a script by Lane Garrison, the sports drama follows the true story of a Little League team of misfits who dedicate their season to a teammate’s ailing father. Against all odds, they make it to the World Series finals in a game that became an ESPN classic.

The film was produced by Matt Harvey, Houston Hill, and Roberts’ Santa Rita Film Co, and released on 730 screens on August 30 by Well Go USA.

“After a strong domestic release, Santa Rita Film Co is proud to partner with Archstone on the international distribution of this heartfelt inspirational film that transcends traditional genres,” said the producers.

“It’s been a...

Ty Roberts inspirational sports drama You Gotta Believe relies on age-old playbooks to a fault. Its a true story and a surefire tear-jerker, but Lane Garrisons screenplay is reductively hokey at the worst times. Fort Worths Westside All-Stars defied the odds in 2002, dedicating their miraculous season to first basemen Robert Ratliffs terminally ill father, Bobby. Its an ode to tragedy, hope, and the romanticized salvation of organized sports yet You Gotta Believe never transcends the glossy barrier between authentic underdog hype and manufactured emotionality. Even worse, Roberts direction during in-game baseball sequences spasticly cuts between unwanted camera techniques to hide bafflingly poor gameplay. An odd bug while spotlighting ballplayers.

We spoke with actor Patrick Renna leading up to the release of his new sports film You Gotta Believe, which is based on a heartbreaking but inspiring true story of a youth baseball team whose journey to the Little League World Series was ultimately chronicled on ESPN back in 2002. Renna has aged gracefully and still has the youthful air that stole the show in throwback kids' flicks like The Big Green and The Sandlot, the latter of which remains a classic and still holds up. And Renna recently told us why.

"I think it's great for this day and age. One of the main plot points is, 'Get out there and get in a little bit of trouble, you know, not too much trouble," Renna told MovieWeb. "So I think it's a good message with all the screens and A.I. and all this stuff taking over the world. I have shown my 7-year-old.

When you pair household names like Luke Wilson and Greg Kinnear, knowing that the end result is an inspiring youth baseball movie shouldn't come as too much of a shock. The all-American faces of these two veteran movie stars scream "beloved pastime." Fine, maybe you won't see Field of Dreams star Kevin Costner grace the screen here but said inclusion wouldn't be a surprise in this kind of project either.

That's not to say Wilson and Kinnear don't hold the screen well in the dueling lead roles in their latest feature film, especially given that You Gotta Believe (grammatical typo included) is based on an incredibly inspiring true baseball story that was ultimately chronicled on ESPN. Directed by Ty Roberts and written by Lane Garrison, there's not much to say here other than that America's (arguably) greatest sport makes for another by-the-numbers but moderately entertaining family flick.

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Directed by Ty Roberts, You Gotta Believe is a heart-warming family sports drama set in the early 2000s. Written by Lane Garrison and Roberts himself, the film is a nostalgic throwback to the feel-good, underdog sports movies of the ’70s and ’80s.

Produced by a team that includes Byron Campbell and Houston Hill, the film features a stellar cast, with Hollywood stars Luke Wilson and Greg Kinnear leading the charge.

Based on a true story, You Gotta Believe follows the underdog 2002 Fort Worth, Texas, Little League team. After dedicating their season to their ailing coach (and teammate’s father), these players embark on a miraculous journey that culminates in a record-breaking ESPN showdown. Luke Wilson plays the determined coach, while Greg Kinnear portrays a supportive but sceptical volunteer.

While You Gotta Believe treads familiar ground, it does so with a sincerity that feels refreshing in today’s cinematic landscape. The...

Edgar Wright’s cult classic horror-comedy Shaun of the Dead grossed an estimated $600k for the 3-day weekend and $720k for the four days in Focus Features re-release for the comic zombie-fest’s 20th anniversary.

That’s a bloody nice showing as fans turned out for the cult film starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost playing exclusively in Dolby Cinema at 133 AMC theaters for a limited engagement. AMC Burbank was the highest grossing. The re-release is fully remastered with Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos for the first time ever.

Shaun of the Dead, from 2024, written by Wright and Pegg, quickly became a cultural phenomenon in the annals of horror-comedy history. Pegg’s Shaun is a 30-something loser working living in the outskirts of London who must rise to the occasion when the town is inexplicably overrun with zombies,

It’s the latest re-rerelease to stalk the box office with animated...

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Young Michael Cash spoke with MovieWeb's Will Sayre about his inspiring new sports drama, You Gotta Believe, where he stars opposite Luke Wilson, Greg Kinnear, and Patrick Renna. The underdog baseball movie is a family drama based on a real Little League story that will uplift anyone. He also touched on his time singing and acting with Hugh Jackman on Broadway in The Music Man. You Gotta Believe premieres Aug. 30 from Well Go USA Entertainment.

After dedicating the season to a teammate's ailing father, a group of underdog youth baseball players makes it all the way to the 2002 Little League World Series, culminating in a record-breaking showdown.

You Gotta Believe stars Luke Wilson and Greg Kinnear as the coaches of an underdog Little League baseball team. This rag-tag group makes it to the Little League World Series in this semi-uplifting sports movie based on a true story. Unfortunately, You Gotta Believe doesn't transcend or subvert the well-worn genre, opting to tell a disorganized narrative that doesn't develop its characters enough to earn its climactic ending. Directed by Ty Roberts and written by Lane Garrison, You Gotta Believe will likely be a blip on the radar for audiences and the actors in the film.

You Gotta Believe

Director Ty RobertsRelease Date August 30, 2024Writers Ty Roberts, Lane GarrisonCast Connor McMahon, Etienne Kellici, Lew Temple, Patrick Renna, Sarah Gadon, Molly Parker, Luke Wilson, Greg KinnearRating PGRuntime 104 MinutesGenres Family, Sports

Narratively, it's difficult to argue with the experience of the Fort Worth, Texas Little League team that beat the odds and...

Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on The Eddie Volkman Show on a Two-Station Broadcast … Star 96.7 Joliet (Il) and Star 105.5 McHenry on August 30th, reviewing the new film “You Gotta Believe,” a baseball movie featuring Luke Wilson. In theaters on August 30th.

Rating: 4.0/5.0

The film is based on a true story of the Fort Worth Texas Little League team whose collection of All-Stars went all the way to the Little League World Series, inspired by Coach Bobby (Luke Wilson) who had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. He is aided by Coach Jon (Greg Kinnear) and the rag-tag bunch of Texas kid ballplayers who came together for a cause – and each other – to get to the big show. Also featuring Patrick Renna … who said the immortal “You’re killing me Smalls.” In “The Sandlot.”

”You Gotta Believe” is in theaters beginning August 30th, see local listings. Featuring Luke Wilson, Greg Kinnear,...

A classic star actor from The Sandlot makes an appearance in the inspirational new baseball movie You Gotta Believe. You Gotta Believe is based on the inspirational true story of a 2002 Little League baseball team from Fort Worth, Texas. The film was released on August 30, 2024 and also stars Luke Wilson and Greg Kinnear. Wilson's Bobby Ratliff and Kinnear's Jon Kelly were two of the key figures in the unlikely underdog story that turned a group of baseball-loving kids from Texas into one of the most memorable teams in Little League World Series history.

The Sandlot is still considered one of the greatest and most iconic baseball movies ever made, particularly due to its focus on youth baseball in a "pickup" and "backyard" format. The Sandlot grossed $34 million against its $7 million budget upon its theatrical release in 1993. The Sandlot takes place in the summer of 1962 and becomes as much of a...

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The delightful Patrick Renna spoke with MovieWeb's Will Sayre about his uplifting new family drama You Gotta Believe, where he stars opposite Luke Wilson, Greg Kinnear, and Michael Cash. He spoke about his love of sports, returning to a baseball movie 30 years after starring in The Sandlot, and his experience as a child actor.

After dedicating the season to a teammate's ailing father, a group of underdog youth baseball players makes it all the way to the 2002 Little League World Series, culminating in a record-breaking showdown.

The heartwarming story of the 2002 Little League World Series will be on full display in “You Gotta Believe.”

The Well Go USA Entertainment film follows the true story of an underdog Texas youth baseball team as they make it all the way to the Little League World Series, to the dismay of their naysayers.

Luke Wilson stars as Bobby Ratliff, a father and coach of the team. When his character Bobby suddenly falls ill with cancer, his son and teammates rally around him and find themselves competing among the best in the country in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, at the annual tournament.

This emotional true story reached millions as it gained popularity on ESPN’s news reports 20 years ago — and now the film version hopes to inspire audiences the world over.

For more details on where to watch the family sports film, read on:

When does “You Gotta Believe” come out?

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A pair of moderate releases with a handful of docs and titles in limited release topline an end-of-summer specialty market. Labor Day weekend can be slow and indie openings are up against few new wide releases and holdovers from Deadpool & Wolverine to Inside Out 2. Meanwhile, the Venice film festival, with Telluride and TIFF coming soon, is generating indie headlines and the new crop of arthouse films.

Bleecker Street goes the widest under 1,000 screens with Mikael Håfström’s Slingshot, starring Casey Affleck and Laurence Fishburne, at 840 locations.

This psychological space thriller follows an elite trio of astronauts aboard a years-long, possibly compromised mission to Saturn’s moon Titan. As the team gears up for a highly dangerous slingshot maneuver that will either catapult them to Titan or into deep space, it becomes increasingly difficult for one astronaut to maintain his grip on reality.

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Based on the true story, You Gotta Believe (2024) combines sports adrenaline with the hope of humanity in a tribute to Bobby Ratliff, coach of the Westside Little League baseball team that became the All Stars and went all the way through the Little League World Series to the championship.

Sam Knight (Martin Roach), who owned a baseball memorabilia store that sold trading cards, played a big part in inspiring the team to rally around something bigger than themselves. That turned out to be someone — Bobby (portrayed by Luke Wilson) — whose son Robert (Michael Cash) played on the team alongside the son of manager Jon Kelley (Greg Kinnear). These aren’t the only familiar faces you might recognize in the baseball film, as a particularly well-known one from a different classic sports story shows up in You Gotta Believe.

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You Gotta Believe is based on the inspirational true story of a 2002 Little League baseball team from Fort Worth, Texas. With a wide theatrical release date of August 30, 2024, You Gotta Believe arrives just days after the 2024 Little League World Series, which took place on the legendary site of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, just in time for the end of the summer. The film stars Luke Wilson and Greg Kinnear as Bobby Ratliff and Jon Kelly, two key figures in the unlikely underdog story that turned a group of baseball-loving kids into one of the most memorable teams in Little League World Series history.

Kinnear's Jon Kelly is the head coach of the 2002 baseball team from Fort Worth, Texas who dedicated their postseason run to honoring Luke Wilson's Bobby Ratliff, a father and coach dying of cancer. The Forth Worth team dedicated their entire season to honoring Bobby and in doing so, defied...

You Gotta Believe is based on the inspirational true story of a 2002 Little League baseball team from Fort Worth, Texas. With a wide theatrical release date of August 30, 2024, You Gotta Believe arrives just days after the 2024 Little League World Series, which took place on the legendary site of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, just in time for the end of the summer. The film stars Luke Wilson and Greg Kinnear as Bobby Ratliff and Jon Kelly, two key figures in the unlikely underdog story that turned a group of baseball-loving kids into one of the most memorable teams in Little League World Series history.

Kinnear's Jon Kelly is the head coach of the 2002 baseball team from Fort Worth, Texas who dedicated their postseason run to honoring Luke Wilson's Bobby Ratliff, a father dying of cancer. The Forth Worth team dedicated their entire season to honoring Bobby and in doing so, defied all odds...

The baseball drama You Gotta Believe tells the true story of perseverance against long odds. We meet Bobby Ratliff, coach of the undersized and underperforming Westside Little League team. Bobby’s passion is getting these kids to believe in themselves, even when no one else does. But a shocking cancer diagnosis threatens to derail the season and sideline Bobby for good.

Stepping up to support both Bobby and the team is Jon Kelly, Bobby’s best friend and assistant coach. But Jon’s heart hasn’t truly been in the game, as he’s distracted by a high-pressure law career. That all changes when Bobby’s health crisis puts everything in perspective. With their friend fighting for his life, Jon and the players rededicate themselves to the season as a tribute to their ailing coach.

What follows is an against-all-odds journey that seems impossible even for the most hopeful of fans.

"You Gotta Believe" releases exclusively in theaters on August 30, 2024 The streaming launch date for "You Gotta Believe" has not been confirmed A digital release date for "You Gotta Believe" has not been announced

An inspirational true story about a Texas Little League team comes to life in a 2024 sports movie, and there are different options for where to watch You Gotta Believe. The baseball movie starring Luke Wilson and Greg Kinnear focuses on the real-life experience of the 2002 Fort Worth Westside All-Stars, a little league baseball team in Texas. The team, which made it to the Little League World Series that year, became a popular and easy-to-root-for story thanks to the emotional connection of first baseman Robert Ratliff, whose father Bobby was diagnosed with cancer.

With a heartwarming story and the general success of baseball movies among the best sports movies of all time, You Gotta Believe's trailer showed...

Actor Patrick Renna sat down to discuss his experience on the film You Gotta Believe, where he worked alongside Greg Kinnear and Luke Wilson, in his new uInterview.

You Gotta Believe follows an underdog baseball team that dedicates the season to a teammate’s sick father and ultimately makes it to the 2002 Little League World Series, where they deliver a record-breaking performance.

“I play Cliff and it’s kind of a cool pivotal point in the film where I’m tasked with kind of convincing Greg Kinnear, who’s the head coach, to do the impossible and take on this tall task and turn this – you know, not the worst team but not the best team – into a team that can compete against the best,” he told uInterview founder Erik Meers.

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On Wednesday, August 14, Jimmy Kimmel Live! welcomes actor Greg Kinnear, actress Janet McTeer, and indie musician Waxahatchee. This week Jeff Goldblum is guest hosting. Greg Kinnear, known for his roles in Little Miss Sunshine and You Gotta Believe, will be a guest on the show. You Gotta Believe is a sports drama based on […]

Jimmy Kimmel Live!: Greg Kinnear, Janet McTeer, Waxahatchee...

"A little piece of paradise, a half a block wide, and a whole season long." A classic trailer rewatch from the 90s – an iconic baseball movie about kids getting into trouble. The Sandlot was one of my favorite films growing up – I watched it over and over and over so many times. In the summer of 1962, a new kid in town is taken under the wing of a young baseball prodigy and his rowdy team, resulting in many adventures. It's not only the perfect slice of suburban Americana, with all the usual happenings, it's a great baseball movie about a group of kids who – even if they can't really play all that well – build their friendships around the game anyway. The Sandlot stars Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Art Lafleur, Patrick Renna (also seen in You Gotta Believe), Chauncey Leopardi, Marty York, Brandon Adams, and many others. There are many baseball movies in Hollywood history,...

“You Gotta Believe” is a new ‘Little League” baseball drama feature, directed by Ty Roberts, starring Luke Wilson, Greg Kinnear, Sara Gadon, Molly Parker, Patrick Renna, Lew Temple, Etienne Kellici, Connor McMahon, Blake DeLong and Jacob Soley, releasing August 30, 2024 in theaters:

“…the new movie is based on the inspiring true story of one team’s transformational journey from district underdog to taking its place in the ‘Little League’ record books.

“After dedicating the season to a teammate’s ailing father, a group of underestimated youth baseball players from Fort Worth, Texas…

“…takes its ‘Cinderella’ run all the way to the 2002 ‘Little League World Series’…

“…culminating in a record-breaking showdown that became an instant ‘ESPN’ classic…”

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"There's nothing that makes me feel better than watching ya'll play ball." "But we're awful." Well Go has revealed the official trailer for a kids baseball movie called You Gotta Believe, a cheesy uplifting tale of a true story of a Little League team in 2002. This one is set to hit theaters in late August in just a few months - right around when school starts back up again. Based on the inspiring true story: after dedicating the season to a teammate's ailing father, a group of underdogs from Fort Worth, Texas, takes its Cinderella run all the way to a record-breaking showdown in the 2002 Little League World Series. This baseball movie "tells the heartwarming story of a group of young boys who, after a teammate's father is diagnosed with cancer, really banded together and learned to play the game they loved for a cause much greater than themselves." From Texas filmmaker Ty Roberts,...

America’s favorite pastime is getting another life onscreen.

In the wake of “Field of Dreams,” “Bad News Bears,” and “The Sandlot,” a new crop of baseball features have swung onto the field of latest releases. Adam Sandler’s long-awaited reunion with director Josh Safdie includes baseball memorabilia; Austin Butler is teaming up with Darren Aronofsky to play a former high school baseball prospect turned alcoholic bartender who gets caught up in a crime-fueled treasure hunt in “Caught Stealing”; and cinematographer Carson Lund made his directorial debut with adult rec team coming-of-age drama “Eephus,” which debuted at Cannes 2024.

Now, baseball is going the way of heartfelt family drama for “You Gotta Believe.”

The upcoming film is based on the true story of a Fort Worth youth baseball team that defied the odds to make it all the way to the 2002 Little League World Series. Ty Roberts directs the feature that...

Brighten up your day with the heartwarming trailer for You Gotta Believe and jump on the bandwagon for a team of underdog baseball players gunning for the Little League World Series. Based on a true story, the sports drama centers around a struggling teams rise from zeroes to heroes as they climb through the ranks and not only take the field at the 2002 Little League World Series but also end up with their names etched in the Little League record books. With performances from Greg Kinnear (Little Miss Sunshine) and Luke Wilson (Horizon: An American Saga), the teaser will put you right in your feels while rooting for the team of youngsters as they put it all on the line.

Exclusive: International and indie film distributor Well Go USA Entertainment acquired North American rights to Little League baseball film You Gotta Believe directed by Ty Roberts (12 Mighty Orphans) and starring Luke Wilson (Horizon: An American Saga) and Greg Kinnear (The Present).

In addition to Wilson and Kinnear, other cast members include Sarah Gadon (Ferrari), Etienne Kellici (Horizon: An American Saga), Molly Parker (Deadwood), Patrick Renna (The Sandlot) and newcomer Michael Cash.

The film is based on the true story of an overlooked Fort Worth youth baseball team that dedicated its season to a teammate’s ailing father and subsequently took its Cinderella season all the way to the 2002 Little League World Series. You Gotta Believe will be slated for an August 30 traditional theatrical release in North America.

“You Gotta Believe tells the heartwarming story of a group of young boys who, after a teammate’s father is diagnosed with terminal cancer,...

Mark Wahlberg's career took a different path from being in the boyband New Kids on the Block to becoming a successful actor. The band didn't have the name New Kids on the Block during Mark's time, and they only took on the name after he left. Mark Wahlberg's life before his movie career involved a troubled past, music success as Marky Mark, and eventually transitioning into becoming a versatile actor, earning an Oscar nomination.

Mark Wahlberg's career almost took a very different path as he was an early member of a boyband — but while Mark Wahlberg was in New Kids On The Block, their history is complicated. In the early 1990s, Mark Wahlberg was best known as musician/Calvin Klein model Marky Mark, but his career took a sharp left turn once he focused on becoming an actor instead. Following roles in The Basketball Diaries and Fear, he landed...

Molly Parker has been tapped as the lead of Fox’s new medical drama series Doc. The adaptation of the popular Italian series Doc — Nelle tue mani hails from writer, executive producer and showrunner Barbie Kligman, executive producers Hank Steinberg and 3 Arts’ Erwin Stoff, Sony Pictures Television and Fox Entertainment Studios.

Parker’s casting in Doc follows her recent guest starring role in an episode of Fox/Sony TV’s breakout freshman anthology series Accused.

Doc centers on the hard-charging, brilliant Dr. Amy Elias (Parker), Chief of Internal and Family Medicine at Westside Hospital in Minneapolis. After a brain injury erases the last eight years of her life, Amy must navigate an unfamiliar world where she has no recollection of patients she’s treated, colleagues she’s crossed, the soulmate she divorced, the man she now loves and the tragedy that caused her to push everyone away. She can...

Netflix’s upcoming dark comedy “No Good Deed” has added Linda Cardellini, Luke Wilson, Teyonah Parris, Abbi Jacobson and Poppy Liu to its cast. The series comes from “Dead to Me” creator Liz Feldman, making this a reunion of sorts with Cardellini.

They join Ray Romano, who was previously confirmed to also star in “No Good Deed.”

“No Good Deed” revolves around three different families who are all trying to buy the same 1920s Spanish-style home. “But as the sellers have already discovered, sometimes the home of your dreams can be a totle nightmare,” the logline teases.

Feldman is the creator, exec producer and showrunner behind “No Good Deed,” which has been picked up for eight half-hour episodes. Silver Tree is set to direct the pilot and additional episodes; Tree is also an executive producer along with Will Ferrell and Jessica Elbaum for Gloria Sanchez Productions.

Cardellini, whose credits include...

You Gotta Believe (Ygb), a New York City-based, national organization that focuses exclusively on finding permanent parents and families for older kids in foster care, hosted its 9th annual Voices: Stars for Foster Kids benefit concert at Town Hall in NYC, on Monday, September 18th.

Bellamy Young and Andrea McArdle at Voices: Stars for Foster Kids benefit concert

Credit/Copyright: Jenny Anderson / Getty Images for You Gotta Believe

Created and hosted by Stars In The House’s Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley, the benefit concert featured special performances and appearances by Donna Murphy, Patina Miller, Adam Pascal, Sharon Catherine Brown, Javier Colon, Ta’Nika Gibson, Matt Gould, Norm Lewis, Griffin Matthews, Gracie McGraw, Krysta Rodriguez, Cody Saintgnue, NaTasa Yvette Williams, Bellamy Young, Andrea McArdle and Executive Director of You Gotta Believe Jennifer Pinder. The evening was be directed by Brenda Braxton with music direction by Seth Rudetsky. Other guests in attendance included: Jackie Hoffman,...