’Field of Dreams’ gets pigskin sequel in Web video

NEW YORK — Voices are still being heard in Iowa cornfields, only this time, they want Taylor Lautner to build a football field.

The website Funny Or Die debuted a three-minute “Field of Dreams” sequel Wednesday. The “Twilight” star plays the equivalent of Kevin Costner in a mock movie trailer that quickly drew more than 150,000 views.

The video, “Field of Dreams 2: Lockout,” a riff on the NFL labor negotiations, is one of Funny Or Die’s most ambitious undertakings yet. It pulled together a number of famous actors, gathered some dozen currently out-of-work NFL stars and utilized filmmaking techniques seldom employed for Internet videos.

In the clip, Lautner builds a football field that attracts locked-out NFL players eager to play. League owners locked out players in March, and negotiations are ongoing. Whereas Costner in “Field of Dreams” was mysteriously moved to build a baseball diamond, Lautner is pushed to erect a pigskin paradise.

When the voice whispers, “Are you ready?” Lautner answers, “For what?” The voice replies: “Some football.”

NFL stars who make appearances include Ray Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens, Tony Gonzalez of the Atlanta Falcons and Shawne Merriman of the Buffalo Bills. NFL Network’s Rich Eisen shows up to broadcast the action.

Ray Liotta, who played “Shoeless” Joe Jackson in the original “Field of Dreams,” returns to p