{"id":316280,"date":"2026-08-07T20:06:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/316280\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:06:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:06:21","slug":"netflix-developing-ny-yankees-drama-series-from-jason-bateman-mlb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/316280\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Developing NY Yankees Drama Series From Jason Bateman, MLB"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tNetflix<\/a> is expanding its interest in Major League Baseball<\/a> \u2014 but this time on the scripted drama side. The streamer is developing an untitled drama series about the storied New York Yankees<\/a> baseball team. MLB Studios, Jason Bateman\u2019s Aggregate Films and writer\/director\/producer Josh Wakely<\/a> are on board.<\/p>\n

\n\tDetails about the project are minimal so far, other than the fact that the series will take on \u201cone of the most decorated franchises in American sports\u201d and take place across the team\u2019s several eras. And indeed, the Yankees have won 27 World Series championships, more than any other sports franchise in North America, the most recent in 2009. The team also has 52 players and 11 managers in the National Baseball Hall of Fame \u2014 including notables like Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, Reggie Jackson, Mickey Mantle and Babe Ruth.<\/p>\n

\n\tNetflix has already been in business with the MLB, having expanded its deal with the league to stream multiple events between 2026 and 2028 including the MLB opening night game on March 25, and then the T-Mobile Home Run Derby on July 13. Netflix also streamed the 2026 World Baseball Classic\u2019s games to Japan subscribers, and will next stream the \u201cMLB at Field of Dreams\u201d game on August 13.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs for the new show, Wakely developed the series concept after securing the rights from the MLB. He\u2019s an executive producer through his Grace: A Storytelling Company shingle. Other EPs include Bateman and Michael Costigan for Aggregate Films, which has a partnership in place at Netflix; MLB Studios\u2019 Nick Trotta; and Brillstein Entertainment Partners\u2019 Peter Sobiloff, Mike Sobiloff, Sean Mullin; Josh Glick, Daniel Cohan and Jon Liebman.<\/p>\n

\n\tAggregate Films is behind Netflix\u2019s recent limited series \u201cBlack Rabbit,\u201d which earned seven Emmy nominations, including both for Bateman\u2019s acting and directing. Netflix and Aggregate also collabed on \u201cOzark\u201d and the films \u201cCackling of the Dodos\u201d (with Bateman directing), Richard Linklater\u2019s \u201cHit Man\u201d and Aline Brosh McKenna\u2019s \u201cYour Place or Mine.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Yankees project also reps the latest for Wakely at Netflix; he previously created and directed the Emmy-winning Netflix series\u00a0\u201cBeat Bugs\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0its follow-up, \u201cMotown Magic.\u201d\u00a0Wakely is currently shooting the sci-fi thriller \u201cStarman,\u201d which he also wrote, starring Brendan Fraser, Jeff Daniels and Aisling Bea.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlso on Wakely\u2019s plate, he has acquired the TV series life rights <\/a>to the late Mandela, and plans to executive produce and write \u201cMandela,\u201d along with South African writer\/director Kagiso Lediga (\u201cQueen Sono\u201d) and producer Kweku Mandela, and is developing a TV drama based on the songs and characters by Bob Dylan<\/a>. He\u2019s also an executive producer on the upcoming Prime Video scripted series \u201cThe Greatest,\u201d about the life of Muhammad Ali.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Netflix is expanding its interest in Major League Baseball \u2014 but this time on the scripted drama side.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316281,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[119237,996,2451,9,11,10,321],"class_list":["post-316280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-josh-wakely","tag-major-league-baseball","tag-netflix","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-yankees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}