‘Next Goal Wins’ Release Date Pushed By Searchlight
deadline.comSearchlight Pictures has pushed back the release date for the Taika Waititi-helmed Next Goal Wins, the soccer comedy starring Michael Fassbender, which the Oscar winner wrote with Iain Morris.
The Hawaii-set feature is now set to open on November 17th, having previously been dated for September 22nd. Competitors for Next Goal Wins in its opening weekend at the box office will include Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, TriStar’s Eli Roth pic Thanksgiving and Uni’s Trolls Band Together.
Pic had previously been set to open against Lionsgate’s The Expendables 4 and Sony’s The Book of Clarence. The film reteaming Waititi with Searchlight on the heels of his Oscar winner Jojo Rabbit tells the story of the American Samoa soccer team, which suffered the worst loss in World Cup history, losing to Australia 31-0 in 2001.
With the 2014 World Cup approaching, the team recruits a down on his luck, maverick coach (Fassbender) to help turn their fate around.
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