A series adaptation of Field of Dreams has landed at the Peacock, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
The Mike Schur-created drama, based on the 1989 baseball movie starring Kevin Costner, was transferred straight to series in August 2021, but will not air on the platform, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Universal Television, where Schur’s Fremulon tiles have a general deal, is in talks with interested buyers.
Schur is the creator of NBC’s The Good Place, along with co-creating Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Rutherford Falls. Among other credits, he executive produced HBO Max’s Emmy Award-winning Hacks and Freevee’s upcoming Primo.
THR previously reported that the series was slated to be filmed entirely in Iowa, where the movie is set, although it was not expected to shoot in the specific locations used in the movie.
Schur was set to write the series and share executive producer duties with Lawrence Gordon (who produced the film), David Miner and Morgan Sackett.
Director Phil Alden Robinson’s original film centers on a farmer (Costner) who constructs a baseball diamond in a cornfield in hopes of summoning the spirits of the legendary Shoeless Joe Jackson and his teammates on the infamous Chicago Black Sox.
Amy Madigan, James Earl Jones and Ray Liotta starred in the film, which earned three Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture.
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