He planned everything, wrote several episodes and even chose his actors, and then the streaming platform Peacock canceled everything: and yes, Michael Schur was going to adapt until the end of the dream (field of dreams from the original title) – the 1989 sports drama starring Yellowstone star Kevin Costner – to series until the project was abandoned.
A year later, in 2023, the executive producer finally revealed the cast of his aborted limited series 5 Star, a cast that would bring together veterans from his old comedies: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Good Place and Parks and Recreation.
“Andre Broher was going to play James Earl Jones.”He revealed during the “Pablo Torre Finds Out” podcast. “Kristen Bell was going to be a part of it. Nick Offerman was going to be a part of it. Harper, who played Chid in The Good Place, was also set to join him.“
Kristen Bell and William Jackson Harper in “The Good Place” (2016-2020)
While he didn’t reveal any details about Kristen Bell or Nick Offerman’s roles, Michael Schur It featured William Jackson Harper: He would play Brooklyn Dodgers legend Jackie Robinson, the first black baseball player to play in the American major leagues.
“There is a true story: in 1945, under extreme pressure from the Boston City Council, Tom Yauck’s hand was forced to try out the players of the Negro Leagues.Shur explained. “He pushed his hand and decided to try three players, including Jackie Robinson. He came and he had a tryout at Fenway, but it was all just for show.“
“I told this story through the fictional lens of a player named Moonlight Williams who was tried and then told, “You’ll never make this team. You will never reach it.’ This was the linchpin of the entire series, as it ends with a big scene between Moonlight, who was supposed to be Will Harper’s character, and Tom Yauck.”
But unfortunately, the program never saw the light of day, the program that should have been “Best thing I’ve ever written” according to Michael SchurThe words he used to describe the fourth episode of his abandoned project.
A project that sold dreams
Ordered straight to series in August 2021, Ver until the end of the dream from Michael Schur we had to”Reimagine the blend of family, baseball, Iowa and magic that makes the movie so enduring and endearingBut after 10 months, Peacock backed out, according to the show’s official description. Other executive producers included David Miner, who worked with Shur Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Master of None and Lawrence Gordon, who was one of the producers of the original film.
remind you until the end of the dreamAdapted from the novel by WP Kinsella, Shoe Joeand directed by Phil Alden Robinson, outstanding Kevin Costner Like Ray Kinsella, an Iowa farmer who built a baseball field on his land after hearing a mysterious voice urging him to do so.
“Over the years, Dream’s End has remained a fan favorite and maintains its rightful place in the zeitgeists,” said Lisa Katz, head of television and streaming at NBCUniversal, at the time Peacock greenlit the series. “It’s whimsical and grounded, a space in which Mike Schur excels, and we look forward to a new take on this classic at the Peacock.“
This is a project that literally sold us a dream – and one that will remain just that, a dream. Fortunately, we still have the film.
Until the End of the Dream (1989) is therefore still available on VOD.
Discover excerpts from the interview with Michael Schur (originally) in the publications below:
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