New trailer for Taika Waititi’s inspirational sports comedy NEXT GOAL WINS

Searchlight Pictures has released a new director’s trailer Taika Waititithe upcoming inspirational sports comedy The next goal wins. The film is a heartfelt, underdog comedy, and this new trailer is more of a featurette of the film as it features the director talking about the film’s story and why he wanted to tell it.

The film follows the American Samoa soccer team, infamous for their brutal 31-0 defeat to FIFA in 2001. As World Cup qualifying approaches, the team hires its maverick coach Thomas Rongen hoping he can turn the worst world coach. football team around.”

Speaking about the film, Waititi said: “It’s the ultimate underdog story. It takes place in Polynesia and it’s very important to me, because it’s my people. We stick together. It was like seeing myself up there, seeing my family up there, “When I saw that documentary, which is perfect in so many ways. And having access to that story to a wider audience was one of my main goals. Bringing our backyard to the people and putting brown faces on the screen was a big deal.” for me. I loved it.”

Also: “Rugby is the national sport in New Zealand, but it’s about underdogs, and I love underdog stories. Most of my films are about people who live on the fringes, or are a bit left out, and it suited perfectly”. for me it’s perfect. It’s a true story, but it has all the elements that all great sports films have. It’s basically the Cool Runnings of football.”

Michael Fassbender he stars in the film as coach Rongen, and is joined by him Elizabeth Moss as Rongen’s ex-wife and Will Arnett as an imaginary football manager. The cast of the film also includes David Fane, Beulah Koale, Lehi Falepapalangi, Semu Filipo, Uli LatukefuAND Rachel’s house.

The film was co-written by Waititi and Iain Morrisit and will be released on November 17th!