Edgar Wright Guides Seven Film TV Picks With Field of Dreams Times
’s seven film guide for this week puts Edgar Wright’s new The Running Man adaptation alongside four timed TV slots that make deciding what to watch much easier. The lineup runs from Saturday night into Sunday, with Field of Dreams, The Hitcher and The Iron Claw all given fixed places in the schedule.
Wright’s version of Stephen King’s dystopian thriller is framed as an antidote to the 1987 Schwarzenegger film, but the practical draw for viewers is simpler: seven film choices, several with broadcast details attached. That turns a general recommendations piece into a usable TV guide for anyone planning the weekend.
Running Man and 1987
The 1987 comparison matters because Wright’s film is positioned against the earlier Schwarzenegger version rather than beside it. In the new adaptation, Ben Richards is a construction worker who enters the life-or-death challenge to pay for his young daughter’s medicine, while the Network uses violent TV shows to pacify the masses in an Orwellian near-future.
That setup gives the new film a sharper survival premise than a straight remake. Glen Powell leads the cast as Richards, and the story’s pay-for-treatment motivation puts the character’s decision at the center of the film instead of the spectacle around it.
Field of Dreams at 6pm
Field of Dreams airs on Saturday 9 May at 6pm on ITV4, giving viewers one of the clearest slots in the guide. Kevin Costner stars as Ray Kinsella, who hears ghostly commands that lead him to build a baseball ground in his cornfield.
That same fantasy strain runs through the film’s appeal for TV scheduling: it is easy to drop into a weekend lineup and still carry a self-contained premise. Ray Liotta, James Earl Jones and Burt Lancaster are also part of the cast, giving the broadcast an extra layer of recognition for viewers deciding between channels.
The Hitcher and Two
The Hitcher is listed for Saturday 9 May at 9pm and again at 1.10am on Legend Xtra, a late-night double run that gives it two entry points in the same evening. Rutger Hauer plays John Ryder, C Thomas Howell plays Jim Halsey, and Jim’s warning line — “My mother told me never to do this,” — lands as he pulls over for Ryder.
Robert Harmon’s film uses that encounter as its engine, with the repeated scheduling suggesting it is being treated as a late-slot title rather than a one-off event. The second showing at 1.10am makes it the most flexible option in the week’s seven film picks.
The Iron Claw on Sunday
The Iron Claw airs on Sunday 10 May at 10pm on Two, closing the set of broadcasted titles with a wrestling-family biopic. Sean Durkin directs the story of the Von Erich family in Texas, with Zac Efron, Holt McCallany, Harris Dickinson and Jeremy Allen White in the cast.
For viewers, the pattern across the week is straightforward: one guide, seven films, and enough channel-and-time detail to turn a recommendation list into an actual viewing plan. The most useful move is to start with the fixed slots — ITV4 at 6pm, Legend Xtra at 9pm and 1.10am, Two at 10pm — then choose the title that fits the night.
