Kevin Costner Seeks to Inspire in New Trailer for Disney's 'McFarland, USA'

Did you like and enjoy Million Dollar Arm with Jon Hamm? If you did, then Disney's new film (and one very similar to the aforementioned one) McFarland, USA should be right up your alley. Replacing Jon Hamm is Kevin Costner in the role of middle-aged man seeking to help young souls achieve what they think is unachievable a role. In the movie, Costner is a new teacher in a small California town and without any experience of his own, starts a track team that inspires a bunch of Latino kids to dream big. 

The film looks sweet enough, even though we all know it's going to be filled with cheesy moments. Here's hoping that the film is more about the kids running track than about Costner himself, because that would be highly upsetting and too stereotypical for my taste. 

The film opens in theaters February 20, 2015. You can check out the trailer below. 

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Kevin Costner Insipires Cross-Country Runners in the 'McFarland, USA' Trailer

Disney and inspirational sports movies go hand-in-hand like Kevin Costner and sports movies, so what do you get when these two forces come together on one? You get McFarland, USA, the true story of how an unlikely team overcomes the odds to become champions. Cue the sweeping, patriotic music please.

Directed by Niki Caro (Whale Rider), McFarland, USA centers on Jim White, a track coach who arrives at the titular economically-depressed town and helps the Latino cross country team become champions. Of course he has a good deal of adversity to deal with like learning all of their names (they're all named Diaz!!!! *har har har*) and finding common ground with those he has little in common with, but of course he does it because that's what these kinds of cheesy films are all about. So you've got economic hardship, the immigrant story, that whole American Dream "melting pot" thing, and Costner. Audiences tend to eat this stuff up with a spoon so we'll see if they take to McFarland, USA the same way on February 20th 2015.

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