Next Goal Wins, 2023. Directed by Taika Waititi. Starring Michael Fassbender, Oscar Kightley, Kaimana, David Fane, Rachel House, Beulah Koale, Will Arnett, Elisabeth Moss, Uli Latukefu, Chris Alosio, Semu Filipo, Ioane Goodhue, Lehi Makisi Falepapalangi, Hio Pelesasa, Taika Waititi, Frankie Adams, Rhys Darby, Angus Sampson, Sisa Grey, Luke Hemsworth, Russell Satele, and Kaitlyn Dever. SYNOPSIS: […]
Michael Fassbender takes charge of the worst team in the world in the latest trailer for Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins
Searchlight Pictures has released a brand new trailer for Taika Waititi’s feel-good soccer-comedy Next Goal Wins, in which the director reveals that he went into this film knowing nothing about soccer, and by the end of it he knew even less. A true story of “triumph over adversity” in which Michael Fassbender’s coach has to […]
Michael Fassbender puts the team through their paces in Next Goal Wins clip
Ahead of its long-overdue kick-off at the Toronto International Film Festival, Searchlight Pictures has released a clip from writer/director Taika Waititi’s eagerly anticipated feel-good soccer comedy Next Goal Wins. Based on Steve Jamison, and Mike Brett’s wonderful 2014 documentary of the same name, Next Goal Wins has been written by Waititi and The Inbetweeners Iain Morris, and […]
Meet the line-up for the world’s worst soccer team in the trailer for Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins
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 […]
Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins releases poster and delays kick off until November
Taika Waititi’s football-comedy Next Goal Wins has been warming up on the sidelines for a few years now. Shot way back in 2019, the adaptation of the 2014 documentary of the same name suffered a career-threatening injury when the Armie Hammer controversy struck and forced reshoots, before kick-off was once again delayed from April 2023 to […]
First look at Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins starring Michael Fassbender
Considering it was shot way back in 2019 (with subsequent reshoots to remove Armie Hammer post-controversy), you’d think that Searchlight Pictures would have taken the opportunity to coincide the release of Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins with the World Cup, but as it happens we’re going to have to wait another few more months for […]
Armie Hammer replaced by Will Arnett in Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins
Although he’s been tied up with Marvel’s Thor: Love and Thunder lately, director Taika Waititi already has another movie in the can in the football comedy-drama Next Goal Wins, and Deadline is reporting that the filmmaker has completed a round of reshoots on the Searchlight Pictures film which has seen Armie Hammer replaced in the […]
Production kicks off on Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins
Fox Searchlight Pictures has announced that filming is now underway on Next Goal Wins, the latest film from Thor: Ragnarok and Jojo Rabbit director Taikaa Waititi and starring Michael Fassbender (X-Men: Dark Phoenix) and Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale). Based on the 2014 documentary of the same name, Next Goal Wins tells the story of […]
Elisabeth Moss joins Michael Fassbender in Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins
THR is reporting that Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actress Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale) is in final negotiations to join Michael Fassbender (X-Men: Dark Phoenix) in the cast of Next Goal Wins, the next film from Thor: Ragnarok and Jojo Rabbit director Taika Waititi. Next Goal Wins is based upon the 2014 documentary of the […]
Michael Fassbender to star in Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins
Before he returns to the Marvel Cinematic Universe for 2021’s Thor: Love & Thunder, New Zealand filmmaker Taika Waititi is set to direct a feature adaptation of the 2014 football documentary Next Goal Wins, and Deadline brings word that Michael Fassbender (X-Men: Dark Phoenix) is closing a deal to lead the cast. Next Goal Wins […]
