Geena Davis has signed to play the lead in the all-women baseball movie "A League of Their Own."
Filming of the 1940s-era movie began Wednesday in Chicago and will move to Evansville, Ill., in about three weeks.Davis, co-star of the hit female buddy movie "Thelma and Louise," will play the role of Dottie, said Stuart Fink, publicist for the Columbia Pictures production.
Lori Petty plays her ballplaying sister in the story about the first year of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. The cast includes Tom Hanks and Madonna, and the movie will be directed by Penny Marshall.