LOS ANGELES -- If any team deserves a movie or television deal, it’s the Chicago Cubs.
After breaking their 108-year championship drought last season, the Cubs hit the talk show circuit in a big way, and Hollywood took notice. As the team begins a series in Los Angeles, ESPN employed two die-hard Cubs fans from Chicago who work in Hollywood to help make sense of where the Cubs fit in on the silver screen. We asked a producer to give his take on the Cubs for a potential movie, and a casting director to “cast the Cubs.