Geena Davis Has Sequel Ideas for The Fly and A League of Their Own
TL;DR: Geena Davis wants back in on two of her biggest classics — pitching "Flies" as a body-horror follow-up and "A Little League of Their Own" as a legacy sports sequel. Neither project is greenlit, but the ideas are hers and she's been sitting on them. Here's what that means for fans, and where to stream the originals right now.
If you're a Prime Video subscriber hoping to revisit A League of Their Own before a potential sequel announcement drops, good news: the original 1992 film is currently streamable. And if you've been waiting for Hollywood to revisit David Cronenberg's body-horror masterpiece The Fly, well, the person with the most interesting pitch isn't a studio executive. It's Geena Davis herself.
In an interview conducted by Screen Rant's Ash Crossan to promote her new series The Boroughs, Davis revealed she's been quietly developing sequel concepts for two of her most beloved films. Not vague "I'd love to return" platitudes. Actual titles. Actual ideas. The word on the lot is that this isn't just promotional noise — Davis sounds genuinely invested, the way someone sounds when they've been turning something over in their head for years.
What Davis Actually Said, and Why It's More Than Just Talk
The interview question was simple enough: is there a character from your past you'd want to play again? Davis's answer was anything but brief.
"Every character I've ever played. Every movie I've done, I want to do a sequel," Davis told Screen Rant's Ash Crossan. "Except Thelma & Louise, because... come on! But I love my characters. I had an idea for a sequel to The Fly called Flies. It was a very good idea. I had an idea for a sequel to A League of Their Own, which is A Little League of Their Own. So that's all I think about."
That's not a throwaway answer. The titles alone tell you she's mapped out a conceptual logic: Flies suggests multiplication, more of the insect-human horror scaled up, while A Little League of Their Own is practically a pitch deck in four words, nodding to the children or grandchildren of Dottie Hinson and her wartime teammates picking up where their mothers left off. Davis didn't elaborate on plot specifics in the interview, but the naming instinct is sharp.
What's striking is that Davis has clearly thought about this more carefully than most actors who get asked the "would you return?" question. She even knew which film couldn't have a sequel. (Thelma & Louise ends at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. The point is taken.)
The Numbers Behind Both Classics
Released August 15, 1986, The Fly ran 96 minutes and was directed by David Cronenberg. It earned approximately $60 million at the domestic box office against a production budget of around $15 million, according to Box Office Mojo — a significant return for a body-horror picture at that time. The film holds an 8.4 on IMDb from over 200,000 ratings, a score that has only climbed as the film's cult reputation solidified over four decades.
A League of Their Own, released July 1, 1992, ran 128 minutes under director Penny Marshall. According to The Numbers, it grossed over $107 million domestically on a $40 million budget — and here's the part people forget: that $107 million in 1992 dollars translates to roughly $240 million adjusted for inflation, which would place it comfortably alongside mid-tier Marvel openings in today's market. Both films starred Davis in central roles — Veronica Quaife opposite Jeff Goldblum's Seth Brundle in The Fly, and Dottie Hinson opposite Tom Hanks's Jimmy Dugan in A League of Their Own. You can check Movie OTT for current streaming availability across regions for both titles.
How These Would Sit Among Legacy Sequels
Legacy sequels live and die by their conceptual hook. Here's how Davis's pitches compare to recent examples:
- Twisters (2024) — Simple title extension from Twister (1996). New characters, bigger storms. Worked commercially; grossed over $370 million worldwide per Box Office Mojo.
- Little Fockers (2010) — Passed the franchise down a generation with the Meet the Parents offspring. Mixed reviews, but strong box-office performance ($310 million worldwide per The Numbers).
- The Fly II (1989) — Direct sequel to Cronenberg's film, following Seth Brundle's son. Critically panned. Not the template Davis should follow.
Most coverage frames Davis's comments as charming nostalgia bait, but the more interesting question is whether either genre still has the theatrical audience to justify the investment — body horror hasn't produced a $100 million domestic hit since A Quiet Place Part II, and sports comedies built around women's athletics remain a category Hollywood greenlights once a decade, if that. The lesson from the list above: generational distance works better than direct continuation, especially for horror. Flies would need to find a new angle rather than rehashing the telepod. Davis's title implies exactly that instinct.
What Geena Davis Brings to Any Potential Sequel
Davis won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Accidental Tourist in 1989 — the year between her two most iconic genre performances. That context matters. She wasn't just a horror actress or a sports-film lead; she was an Oscar winner who happened to anchor two films that became their respective genre touchstones.
Her role as Veronica Quaife in The Fly gave Cronenberg's body-horror concept its emotional core. Without her performance, the film is a special-effects showcase. With her, it's a tragedy. (Think about the scene where Veronica dreams she's giving birth to a giant maggot — that nightmare sequence only works because Davis sells the maternal terror with absolute conviction.) Jeff Goldblum has since spoken about the film's enduring impact in multiple interviews, and Variety has noted the film's ongoing status as one of the defining sci-fi horror films of the 1980s.
In A League of Their Own, Davis played Dottie Hinson, the reluctant star catcher whose complicated relationship with her sister Kit (Lori Petty) drove the film's emotional engine. Tom Hanks played the gloriously miserable Jimmy Dugan. Penny Marshall directed. The story drew from the real history of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, formed during World War II when the country's male athletic talent was overseas.
A League of Their Own has already inspired a sitcom adaptation in 1993 and a well-received Amazon Prime Video series in 2022 that expanded the story's scope to include Black and queer players largely absent from the original film. Movie OTT's streaming tracker lists both the 1992 film and the 2022 series across available platforms.
Watch the official trailer:
Where Indian Audiences Can Watch Both Films Right Now
For Indian subscribers, here's the practical picture as of mid-2026:
- The Fly (1986): Available to rent or purchase digitally on Amazon Prime Video India and Apple TV India. Not currently on a subscription tier in India, which is a genuine gap given the film's reputation.
- A League of Their Own (1992): Available on Prime Video India as part of the base subscription — one of the more accessible classic Hollywood titles on the platform.
- A League of Their Own (2022 series, Amazon): Streaming on Prime Video India with English audio; no Hindi or regional language dub currently listed.
There's no Hindi, Tamil, or Telugu dub for either version of A League of Their Own, which limits casual discovery among regional language audiences. The 2022 series has subtitles, which helps, but the sports-drama format tends to travel well enough without dubbing that this isn't a dealbreaker.
Movie OTT tracks real-time streaming availability across Indian platforms including Netflix, Prime, Hotstar, JioCinema, SonyLIV, and Zee5 — worth bookmarking if you're hunting either title across services.
Honestly, the 1992 film is the stronger recommendation for a first watch. The 2022 series rewards viewers who already know the original's characters and want a more expansive, socially textured take on the same era.
What Needs to Happen Before Either Sequel Gets Made
Davis has the ideas. She doesn't have the greenlight. Flies would require studio buy-in at whatever entity currently holds the rights to The Fly IP (historically 20th Century Fox, now under Disney's ownership following the 2019 acquisition). From what I gather, a Cronenberg body-horror sequel without Cronenberg is a different conversation entirely — though that part is still rumour — and the director has been more focused on dramatic work like 2022's Crimes of the Future.
A Little League of Their Own has a clearer path, given the sustained interest in the IP and Amazon's existing relationship with the franchise through the 2022 series. Whether Amazon Studios would want a theatrical legacy sequel or another series is the real question. Watch for any development announcements tied to Davis's The Boroughs press cycle, which is currently generating the visibility that sometimes shakes loose studio conversations.
What's Next for Davis and These Projects
The Boroughs is Davis's current focus, and it's the reason these sequel ideas are surfacing publicly now. Whether the interview visibility translates into actual development conversations is the thing to watch over the next six to twelve months. Davis is clearly willing to pitch — and she's done the naming work already, which is more than most actors bring to a sequel conversation.
For the latest on where The Fly and A League of Their Own are streaming in your region, Movie OTT has the current picture across India, the US, the UK, and Spain. Both originals are worth your time before any sequel conversation gets serious. Start with A League of Their Own. Then brace yourself for the other one.
