"We Believe" Documentary Slated for '09 Release

The Chicago Tribune reports that "the documentary will not be made 'observational' style, so you won't get to see players [...] filing into the clubhouse after a heartbreaking loss." While the film crew will have access to nine current players throughout the 2008 season, the film will balance its coverage between the Cubs and the city of Chicago. As the Tribune spins it, producer and director John Scheinfeld will "delve deeply into the psyches of the city and its famously inept franchise."

The working title of the film is "We Believe." If the title sounds familiar, it's because it's similar to the title of director Paul Doyle Jr.'s 2003 Red Sox documentary: "Still, We Believe." The Red Sox didn't go all the way that year, but Doyle turned out a raucously entertaining film nonetheless. "Still, We Believe" captured the frustrations and anguish of Red Sox Nation on tape just in time for Boston to erase it all with their 2004 World Series win.

Let's hope that "We Believe" can provide the same sort of exorcism for Chicago. Scheinfeld would rather it come sooner than later, of course: "We are setting it against the landscape of this season for the Cubs," he said, "[and] the icing on the cake would be if they win the World Series this year."