Did anybody get a bit of Ted Lasso vibes from Michael Fassbender in the new trailer for Next Goal Wins? Taika Watiti’s latest film after Thor: Love and Thunder seems like the best project for the director after mixed reviews for his last film.
Next Goal Wins is a tale of a team who is on “the greatest losing streak in history” and Watiti makes a fun play on the plot, referencing his losses at award nominations in the trailer. The biographical film, which is based on a true story highlighted in a 2014 documentary of the same name, follows the life of a Dutch American coach called Thomas Rongen.
X-Men: First Class star Michael Fassbender will play the lead character who is asked to coach the American Samoa team after he was fired. The problem with the team? They have never scored a goal in their career. And want to know Rongen’s goal? To lead the world’s weakest football team into the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Impossible? Quite so.
Here’s the first trailer for the 2023 film which Taika Watiti has directed and co-written, starring Fassbender, Elisabeth Moss, Oscar Kightley, Rachel House, Uli Latukefu, David Fane & more:
The trailer opens with Coach Rongen getting fired and being left with two options – stay unemployed or coach the American Samoa team.
While drowning his fate in booze, Rongen arrives to turn the catastrophic team’s losing streak around, only to find a rather unachievable task set before him. The team’s spirit is crushed and so is Rongen’s – so will the metaphorical phoenix find its way to life from the ashes of the Samoa team’s burnt-out career?
With Next Goal Wins, Watiti is returning to his previous film-making style. The comedic tone in the trailer manages to retain the classic Taika humor, and hopefully it will deliver a win for the director after the mixed reactions that Thor: Love and Thunder got.
Next Goal Wins is due in theaters on November 17, 2023. Will you be visiting the cinema for a seat to Taika Watiti’s next adventure?
About Next Goal Wins
Next Goal Wins is an upcoming biographical sports comedy-drama film directed by Taika Waititi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Iain Morris. The film is based on the 2014 documentary of the same name by Mike Brett and Steve Jamison.
Dutch-American football coach Thomas Rongen is tasked with turning the American Samoa national team, considered one of the weakest football teams in the world, into an elite squad.
The film stars Michael Fassbender as Rongen, alongside Elisabeth Moss, Oscar Kightley, Uli Latukefu, Rachel House, Kaimana, David Fane, Beulah Koale, Chris Alosio, Waititi, Will Arnett, and Rhys Darby. The film will release on November 17, 2023.
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