Taika Waititi Wants Michael Fassbender To Star In His Soccer Movie ‘Next Goal Wins’
By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 16, 2019 4:30 pm EST
The increasingly busy Taika Waititi already has his next project lined-up, and no, it’s not Thor: Love and Thunder. Before the director returns to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he’ll direct the sports dramedy Next Goal Wins. And that’s not all: Waititi wants Michael Fassbender to star. Fassbender is in talks to join the film, which is based on the documentary of the same name and focuses on the national football team of American Samoa.
Taika Waititi Wants Michael Fassbender To Star In His Soccer Movie ‘Next Goal Wins’
By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 16, 2019 4:30 pm EST
The increasingly busy Taika Waititi already has his next project lined-up, and no, it’s not Thor: Love and Thunder. Before the director returns to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he’ll direct the sports dramedy Next Goal Wins. And that’s not all: Waititi wants Michael Fassbender to star. Fassbender is in talks to join the film, which is based on the documentary of the same name and focuses on the national football team of American Samoa.
Next Goal Wins
Fassbender would play the team’s coach. After Next Goal Wins, Waititi will move on to Love and Thunder. At one point, the filmmaker was poised to helm the live-action adaptation of Akira, but that project is on hold now. And rather than wait around and do nothing, Waititi will go ahead and make Next Goal Wins in the meantime, because he likes making us all feel extra lazy.
