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Next Goal Wins is a 2023 American sports comedy-drama film directed by Taika Waititi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Iain Morris.It is based on the 2014 documentary of the same name by Mike Brett and Steve Jamison about Dutch-American coach Thomas Rongen's efforts to lead the American Samoa national football team, considered one of the weakest association football teams in the world, to ...
[2] [3] In May 2023, Taika Waititi entered negotiations to direct and produce the film. [4] In January 2024, Waititi was confirmed to direct the film, and Jenna Ortega was in talks to star in the lead role. [5] The next month, Amy Adams, Mia Tharia, Aran Murphy, Natasha Lyonne and Simon Baker joined the cast, while Ortega was confirmed to star ...
Frybread Face and Me is a 2023 American coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Billy Luther. It stars Keir Tallman, Charley Hogan, Sarah H. Natani, Martin Sensmeier, and Kahara Hodges. Taika Waititi serves as an executive producer. It had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 11, 2023 and was released on November 24, 2023 ...
In “Next Goal Wins,” a soccer coach comes from far away to lead a hapless group of athletes. Writer-director Taika Waititi — the manic, slightly unhinged mind behind “Thor: Love and ...
Thomas Rongen, Jaiyah Saelua and Taika Waititi attend the Next Goal Wins premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 10, 2023. (Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu Agency via Getty ...
Sports movies typically culminate, after stirring locker-room speeches, in a dramatic bid for athletic glory. Taika Waititi's “Next Goal Wins” concerns the quest of a historically bad national ...
Signature. Taika David Cohen ONZM (born 16 August 1975), known professionally as Taika Waititi ( / ˈtaɪkə ˈwaɪtɪti / TY-kə WY-tit-ee ), [ 1] is a New Zealand filmmaker, actor and comedian. He has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and a Grammy Award, as well as two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award.
Director Taika Waititi’s eclectic resume has ranged from oddball comedies to Marvel’s Thor movies to vampires and Nazis, which makes his latest, the whimsical fact-based sports movie “Next ...