Searchlight Pictures has dropped the trailer for the oft-delayed but eagerly anticipated feel-good soccer comedy Next Goal Wins, the latest film from writer/director Taika Waititi, loser of the Best Picture Academy Award for Jojo Rabbit, and loser of the Teen Choice Award for Thor: Ragnarok.
Co-written by Waititi and The Inbetweeners Iain Morris, Next Goal Wins features an impressive starting line-up of actors that include Elisabeth Moss, Oscar Kightley, Uli Latukefu, Rachel House, Kaimana, David Fane, Beulah Koale, Chris Alosio, Taika Waititi, Will Arnett, and Rhys Darby. Check out the trailer below…
Next Goal Wins follows the American Samoa soccer team, infamous for their brutal 31-0 FIFA loss in 2001. With the World Cup Qualifiers approaching, the team hires down-on-his-luck, maverick coach Thomas Rongen (Michael Fassbender) hoping he will turn the world’s worst soccer team around in this heartfelt underdog comedy.
Next Goal Wins kicks off in cinemas on November 17th.
