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Fathom Entertainment<\/span><\/p>\n on Nov 18, 2025 11:15 AM<\/p>\n Premiering Through Fathom Entertainment, the Film Reveals How Japan\u2019s Culture, Craft, and Devotion to Baseball Have Helped Shaped The Game\u2019s Evolution Culminating with the 2025 MLB World Tour Featuring the Los Angeles Dodgers And Chicago Cubs<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The 2025 MLB World Tour Featured A Historic Homecoming for <\/em><\/strong>Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Roki Sasaki, Seiya Suzuki, and Sh\u014dta Imanaga, Reflecting The Country\u2019s Deep and Lasting Influence on The Game<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Trailer Available For Viewing Here<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Coming to movie theatres February 23\u201324, 2026, the film captures Major League Baseball\u2019s 2025 World Tour, when the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs opened the regular season in Japan and five of the country\u2019s biggest baseball superstars took the field on home soil for the first time together since joining MLB. For the Dodgers, it was the beginning of a season that culminated in winning back-to-back World Series titles.<\/p>\n View the Homecoming: The Tokyo Series <\/em>trailer here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Homecoming: The Tokyo Series<\/em> celebrates the intersection of culture and global sport, illuminating how the game unites beyond borders. The project represents a bold new model for high-end factual storytelling, combining BD4\u2019s creative innovation and narrative ambition with Fathom Entertainment\u2019s strong theatrical distribution network and marketing expertise, and MLB\u2019s unmatched ability to connect cultures through sport. \u201cIn Japan, baseball is part of everyday life. It\u2019s work, craft, and pride. We focused on the places where the game really lives, from workshops to local fields to people s homes. The Tokyo Series gave us a clear look at how baseball sits inside the country s identity. Getting close to the people who carry the game every day shaped the way we told this story,\u201d said director and producer Jason Sterman.<\/p>\n Filmed across Japan, the v\u00e9rit\u00e9-style documentary offers an intimate, ground-level portrait of the people who make baseball a living tradition: Little League players and coaches, superfans, master craftsmen, journalists, and families watching from home. It reveals how Japan took an American invention and infused it with its own values, rituals, and spiritual relationship to work\u2014giving baseball new meaning in its own unique way. As the Tokyo Series unfolds, these human stories intertwine with the anticipation, atmosphere, and emotion of the games, revealing baseball as a true global game.<\/p>\n In a moment unlike any in modern baseball, Opening Day of the 2025 MLB World Tour became a cultural homecoming as Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Roki Sasaki of the Dodgers joined Seiya Suzuki and Sh\u014dta Imanaga of the Cubs\u2014 uniting fans across Japan in a shared celebration of pride, legacy, and national identity.<\/p>\n \u201cMajor League Baseball continues to transcend around the globe,\u201d said Noah Garden, MLB Deputy Commissioner, Business & Media. \u201cThe 2025 season started in grand fashion with five Japanese-born MLB players returning home as larger-than-life sports figures. It ended with the great Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Roki Sasaki and the Dodgers winning the World Series, watched by record-setting global audiences. Collaborating on this film to showcase how America\u2019s pastime has become a world game is an opportunity we couldn\u2019t pass up and are excited for fans everywhere to see.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201dComing off perhaps the greatest game 7 in World Series history with the Dodgers repeating and Yoshinobu Yamamoto winning the World Series MVP, what a wonderful opportunity for Fathom to bring Homecoming: The Tokyo Series<\/em> to theatres nationwide in advance of the 2026 World Baseball Classic and the 2026 MLB regular season,\u201d said\u00a0 Charles Kane, programming lead on the project for Fathom Entertainment. \u201cThe game has evolved into a showcase for the greatest talents in the world and a true cultural bond between those in Japan and us here in North America. Homecoming: The Tokyo Series<\/em> is a special look at the story behind some of Japan\u2019s greatest superstars coming home and competing in front of their native fans.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cBD4 was built to make nonfiction with scale and intention, and Homecoming<\/em> is a clear example of that ambition. This story demanded a real theatrical presence, and Fathom was the ideal partner to bring that scale and shared audience energy to life,\u201d said Dan Silver of BD4. \u201cMLB\u2019s foresight in supporting a theatrical-first release for a story this layered and globally resonant speaks to how they see the sport and its audience. Making this film with my longtime friends at Supper Club, who match our creative drive, made the experience even stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n Tickets for Homecoming:<\/em><\/a> The<\/em><\/a> Tokyo<\/em><\/a> Series<\/em><\/a> will be available in January 2026 at Fathom<\/a> Entertainment<\/a> and participating theatre box offices (theatre locations are subject to change). For more information and to sign up in order to be notified when tickets go on sale, visit Fathom<\/a> Entertainment<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n About Fathom Entertainment<\/strong> About MLB Studios<\/strong> About BD4<\/strong> Banijay Entertainment \u2013 Let\u2019s Show the World<\/strong> Imagining and delivering high-quality, multi-genre IP that was born locally and travels globally, the business offers the best stories told the best way, and represents some of the biggest global brands in the market including Survivor, Big Brother, Peaky Blinders, MasterChef, Let\u2019s Play Ball, Rogue Heroes, Half Man, Mr. Bean, Black Mirror, Falling<\/em>, Football Island, <\/em>and Shaolin Heroes<\/em> among others.<\/p>\n Built on independence, creative freedom, collaborative entrepreneurialism, and commercial acumen, Banijay Entertainment and live events business, Banijay Live, operate under the direction of Chief Executive Officer, Marco Bassetti. It is under his leadership the collective businesses have grown to reach \u20ac3.348m in revenues and \u20ac528m in EBITDA for 2024.<\/p>\n ###<\/p>\n Contacts: Nicole Marostica\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lou Barricelli \u00a0<\/p>\n Eric Becker\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chris Albert \u00a0<\/p>\n
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<\/strong>LOS ANGELES and DENVER \u2013 November 18, 2025<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 BD4, Banijay Americas\u2019 premium documentary label, Fathom Entertainment, the leading specialty distributor of content to theatrical partners worldwide, and MLB Studios, Major League Baseball\u2019s (MLB) EMMY\u00ae<\/sup> Award-winning production label, today announced Homecoming: The Tokyo Series<\/em>, a feature documentary directed by EMMY\u00ae<\/sup> Award winning filmmaker Jason Sterman and produced by Supper Club.<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Produced by Supper Club, the documentary reflects the company\u2019s signature cinematic style\u2014exploring how baseball mirrors Japan\u2019s values of craft, discipline, and devotion, while revealing the emotion, pride, and artistry that define the country\u2019s deep connection to the game.<\/p>\n
Fathom Entertainment is the leading global specialty distributor of content to movie theatres. For more than 20 years, Fathom Entertainment has pioneered theatrical distribution of events and special engagements across various genres and formats, including feature films, episodic content, documentaries, concerts, and live events. Fathom consistently ranks among the top 10 theatrical distributors in North America, and distributes content to cinemas worldwide. Fathom Entertainment is owned by AMC Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: AMC), Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK), and Regal Cineworld Group (LSE: CINE.L). For more information, visit FathomEntertainment.com<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n
MLB Studios creates original content inspired by the stories and personalities of baseball. Its multi-platform slate spans film, television, audio and digital, drawing on MLB\u2019s extensive media archive. Recent titles include the Emmy-winning The Comeback: 2004 Boston Red Sox, The Turnaround, The Clubhouse: A Year with the Red Sox, Fight for Glory: 2024 World Series, Once Upon a Time in Queens, Moneyball and 42.
About Supper Club<\/strong>
Supper Club is the independent production company founded by filmmakers Jason Sterman and Brian McGinn who are behind multiple award-winning films and series including Chef s Table, 13TH, Amanda Knox, Sketchbook <\/em>and Wolfgang<\/em>. They produced Olivia Rodrigo: driving home 2 u<\/em>, as well as the official Stan Lee <\/em>documentary for Marvel Studios. They recently released the Netflix documentary Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds<\/em> and are currently in production on a documentary series with All-Pro athletes Blake Griffin, Ryan Kalil, Christian McCaffrey and George Kittle following their ownership of an American rules football team in Mexico\u2019s professional football league. On the scripted front, Sterman and McGinn have served as Co-Executive Producers on the acclaimed Emmy-winning FX series The Bear<\/em>.<\/p>\n
BD4 is the premium documentary label within Banijay Americas, dedicated to culturally resonant, audience-centered storytelling that bridges art, innovation and global impact. Under the leadership of Dan Silver, BD4 develops and produces original documentaries that redefine contemporary nonfiction, blending cinematic craft with cultural relevance.<\/p>\n
Launched in 2008, content powerhouse Banijay Entertainment is home to over 130 production companies across 21 territories and delivers over 17,000 hours of content each year across the globe. An innovative creative leader, in 2024, it launched 250+ new non-scripted titles, an average 110+ scripted titles, 80 shows on streaming platforms, and produced 33 formats in more than 3+ territories.<\/p>\n
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