“Next Goal Wins” will have its world premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, TIFF organizers announced on Wednesday.Waititi’s Oscar-winning feature “Jojo Rabbit” also premiered at TIFF and won the festival’s People’s Choice Award in 2019.
His most recent film was “Thor: Love and Thunder” (2022) for Marvel/Disney.A sports comedy starring Michael Fassbender, “Next Goal Wins” is based on the story of the 2014 American Samoa soccer team, which lost a FIFA match 31-0 and then hired a Dutch-American coach, Thomas Rongen, to help them prepare for World Cup qualifiers.
Waititi and Iain Morris wrote a screenplay based on the Mike Brett and Steve Jamison’s 2014 documentary of the same name.Michael Fassbender stars as Rongen, with other members of the cast including Elisabeth Moss, Will Arnett, Rhys Darby and Oscar Knightley.
After the TIFF premiere, Searchlight Pictures has scheduled a U.S. release for the film for November.“We’re thrilled to welcome Taika back to the festival and share his audacious take on the most popular sport in the world,” TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey said in a statement. “‘Next Goal Wins’ is perfect for TIFF fans of the beautiful game looking for their football fix until the 2024 World Cup arrives.”“Next Goal Wins” is the first film announced for the 2023 festival, which will run from Sept.
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