Field of Dreams kicks off TV reboot from the creator of The Good Place

If you build it, they’ll come – and if you like a movie, sooner or later they’ll restart it. After the classic Kevin Costner movie Field of Dreams inspired an actual MLB game last week, streaming service peacock will fight with a new TV version from one of the creators behind The Office and The Good Place.

There has been a resurgence of interest in the popular 1989 film since a Major League Baseball game was played at the farm where it was filmed 30 years ago. On August 12, nearly 8,000 people – including Costner himself – watched the Chicago White Sox beat the New York Yankees 9-8 after the 2020 game was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Peacock fights for the fences by ordering the TV version straight to series, rather than cautiously stopping at first base with a pilot episode.

Mike Schur seems like a safe pair of hands, although the material may be a bit different from his usual specialty: In addition to creating The Good Place, Schur co-created the sitcoms Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. The original Field of Dreams, meanwhile, was an emotional, whimsical story (with a bunch of funny lines). You can watch it on Peacock now if you need a refresher.

Based on WP Kinsella’s novel Shoeless Joe, Oscar-nominated Field of Dreams was written and directed by Phil Alden Robinson. Costner played a farmer who hears voices in his head telling him to plow his cornfield in a baseball field, drawing the minds of baseball players involved in the World Series match-fixing in the infamous Black Sox scandal of 1919.

Costner has emerged from the cornfield to deliver a thrilling introduction to the Field of Dreams 2021 game, below.

MLB has promised a return to Iowa in 2022. Reports indicate the Cincinnati Reds will face the Chicago Cubs.