Next Goal Wins
Taika Waititi has been a brilliant and unparalleled voice in the filmmaking arena since he made his directorial debut in 2007 with the oddball rom - comEagle vs Shark , but he did n’t charm the tending of outside audiences until his back - to - back hitsWhat We Do in the ShadowsandHunt for the Wilderpeople , whichlanded him the occupation of directingThor : Ragnarok . Most recently , he won an Oscar for compose the historical satire , Jojo Rabbit .
Although he has the nextThormovie and a resilient - action remaking ofAkiraon his schedule , the movie that Waititi is presently shape on is a association football clowning entitledNext Goal Wins . This is what we know about the task so far .
It’s Based On A Documentary
Next Goal Winsis being conform from the documentary of the same name by Mike Brett and Steve Jamison . The doc tells the news report of a Dutch - American association football coach named Thomas Rongen , who was hired to turn the American Samoa interior squad , long rank as one of FIFA ’s risky teams , into a genuine rival .
The documentary premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2014 before expel to universally positive review article , including a rare 100 % approval score on Rotten Tomatoes . Brett and Jamison are attached to the feature adaptation as producer .
Michael Fassbender & Elisabeth Moss Lead A Stellar Cast
Michael Fassbender has beencast in the lead use of Thomas Rongen , the Dutch - American coach charter to work with the American Samoa squad , whileElisabeth Moss will co - champion .
even Waititi collaborator , Rachel House and Rhys Darby , dally supporting function , whileCall Me By Your Name ’s Armie Hammeris also a part of the cast .
Shooting Concluded Before The COVID-19 Pandemic
A pot of exciting coming movies , from Martin Scorsese’sKillers of the Flower MoontoMatt Reeves’The Batman , have faced delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic , but luckily , Taika Waititi eat up shootingNext Goal Winsbefore the pandemic .
master photography set out last November , and by January , cinematography had wrapped and post - production was underway , so away from the number of movie theaters reopening , it ’s been safe from the wrath of coronavirus .
Waititi Was Attracted To The Project Because He’d Never Done A Sports Movie
In several interviews in which he ’s been require why he decided to directNext Goal Wins , Taika Waititi has said that he had no interest in sports and had never made a sports movie before , so a sports movie seemed like an interesting challenge .
Waititi has managed to squeeze in the production ofNext Goal Winsbefore fulfilling his obligations to save and directThor : Love and Thunderfor Marvel .
Iain Morris Co-Wrote The Script With Taika Waititi
Taika Waititi has been credited as the sole writer on every movie he ’s ever guide , except forThor : Ragnarok , which was written by a squad lease by Marvel , andWhat We Do in the Shadows , which he co - wrote ( and co - send ) with Jemaine Clement .
But forNext Goal Wins , Waititi has team up up with a Modern co - writer , Iain Morris , who co - createdThe Inbetweenersand is , interestingly enough , work on another football game - related comedy this class : the BBC series , The First Team .
The Movie Will Depict The First Transgender Footballer
One of the footballers featured in the documentaryNext Goal Wins(and , of course of study , in Waititi ’s film adaption ) is Jaiyah Saelua , the first transgender footballer . Saelua identifies as fa’afafine , a third grammatical gender in American Samoan society .
Waititi briefly considered casting Saelua as herself , but instead pick out a fa’afafine doer named Kaimana to play the part in what could be a huge leap ahead for trans representation .
Andy Serkis Is Attached As An Executive Producer
Andy Serkis ’ crowning accomplishment in movie theater will always be his rotatory work with performance - capture engineering science , having played Gollum inThe Lord of the Ringstrilogy , Kong in Peter Jackson’sKing Kongremake , andCaesar in thePlanet of the Apesprequel trilogy .
But he ’s also been doing some interesting thing behind the camera . He directedBreatheandMowgli : Legend of the Jungle , and he ’s guide theVenomsequel , Let There Be Carnage . On top of that , he ’s bind toNext Goal Winsas an executive manufacturer .
Searchlight Pictures Is Handling The Movie’s Release
When the clock time occur forNext Goal Winsto hit theaters , the dispersion will be wield by Searchlight Pictures . Taika Waititi is reteaming with the studio afterworking with them onJojo Rabbit . However , when he madeJojo Rabbit , the studio was known as Fox Searchlight .
The “ Fox ” was remove from the namewhen Disney acquired 21st Century Fox . Jojo Rabbitwas one of the last pic to be released by Fox Searchlight .
It’ll Be Taika Waititi’s Smallest-Scale Movie For A While
Taika Waititi is makingNext Goal Winson the heels of another small - scale comedy , the offbeat anti - fascistic satireJojo cony , but it ’ll be his minor - exfoliation movie for a while . AfterNext Goal gain , he ’s diving intoThor : Love and Thunder , which will seeJane Foster accept on the mantle of the God of ThunderandValkyrie searching for a king to help her feed New Asgard .
After that , Waititi issigned on to helm aStar Warsmovieand a live - action remake of the groundbreaking animeAkira , so he ’ll be in big - budget blockbuster soil for a while after this one .
There’s No Release Date Yet
There ’s no official release date yet forNext Goal Wins , but the original plan was to get it into theaters some fourth dimension in the back end of 2020 .
The producer seem to be waitress for more certainty regarding the United States Department of State of the box power before perpetrate to a release date .
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