{"id":883926,"date":"2026-10-16T04:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T04:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/883926\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T04:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T04:00:13","slug":"the-banana-ball-film-coming-to-disney-in-summer-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/883926\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Banana Ball Film\u2019 Coming to Disney+ in Summer 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Banana Ball is heading back to Disney+ with The Banana Ball Film, a new sports documentary set to debut on the streaming service in summer 2027.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Banana Ball Film\u2019<a data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WDW-ESPN-Banana-Ball-Film-October-2026-Screenshot-2026-10-15-192904.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1905\" height=\"1057\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WDW-ESPN-Banana-Ball-Film-October-2026-Screenshot-2026-10-15-192904.jpg\" alt=\"Banana Ball is heading to Disney+ with The Banana Ball Film, a new sports documentary set to debut on the streaming service in summer 2027.\" class=\"wp-image-1509655\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Described as a documentary production \u201c10 years in the making,\u201d the upcoming film will have its world premiere at Truist Park, home of the Atlanta Braves, on June 12, 2027, with all six Banana Ball teams in attendance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Banana Ball, developed by the Savannah Bananas, combines baseball with choreographed dancing, trick plays, comedy, and audience participation.<\/p>\n<p><a data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WDW-ESPN-Banana-Ball-Film-October-2026-Screenshot-2026-10-15-1930372.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1908\" height=\"1054\" data-id=\"1509662\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WDW-ESPN-Banana-Ball-Film-October-2026-Screenshot-2026-10-15-1930372.jpg\" alt=\"Banana Ball is heading to Disney+ with The Banana Ball Film, a new sports documentary set to debut on the streaming service in summer 2027.\" class=\"wp-image-1509662\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The documentary news accompanies the announcement that the <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/10\/breaking-banana-ball-open-coming-to-walt-disney-world-in-april-2027\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Banana Ball Open is coming to Walt Disney World April 15\u201318, 2027<\/a>. ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex will welcome all six league teams, with four competing in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p><a data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WDW-ESPN-Banana-Ball-Film-October-2026-Screenshot-2026-10-15-193037.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1910\" height=\"1065\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WDW-ESPN-Banana-Ball-Film-October-2026-Screenshot-2026-10-15-193037.jpg\" alt=\"Banana Ball is heading to Disney+ with The Banana Ball Film, a new sports documentary set to debut on the streaming service in summer 2027.\" class=\"wp-image-1509656\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On October 10, 2026, the Banana Bowl, the post-season event for Banana Ball, <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/09\/2026-banana-bowl-championship-sets-disney-streaming-date\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/09\/2026-banana-bowl-championship-sets-disney-streaming-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">streamed exclusively on Disney+<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Disneyland hosted its <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/03\/everything-bananas-happening-at-the-disneyland-resort-on-savannah-bananas-day-march-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">second annual Savannah Bananas Day<\/a> on March 26, 2026, featuring fan meet-and-greets, dance numbers, merchandise, and <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/03\/savannah-bananas-cavalcade-at-disneyland-for-2026-savannah-bananas-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">a special cavalcade<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On May 29 and 30, <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/05\/loco-beach-coconuts-defeat-party-animals-in-first-ever-banana-ball-game-at-walt-disney-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Banana Ball games were held<\/a> between the Party Animals and the new Loco Beach Coconuts at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2025\/10\/banana-ball-coming-walt-disney-world-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are you excited for The Banana Ball Film on Disney+? Let us know on social media!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the latest Disney Parks news and info, follow <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">WDW News Today<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wdwnt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WDWNewsToday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Facebook<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wdwnt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Banana Ball is heading back to Disney+ with The Banana Ball Film, a new sports documentary set to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":883927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[371073,1558,3716,1129,88,206,99,371074],"class_list":["post-883926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-banana-ball","tag-baseball","tag-disney","tag-documentary","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-sports","tag-sports-documentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=883926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/883927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=883926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=883926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=883926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}