If the goalposts continue to move, what will happen when the next goal is scored? The release date of Taika Waititi’s eagerly anticipated soccer movie, Next Goal Wins, has been postponed again again, so it appears that the filmmaker will have to learn his lesson the hard way. Searchlight Pictures had planned for Next Goal Wins to hit cinemas on April 21, 2023. The movie’s release date has since changed to September 22, 2023.
The cinematic adaptation of Mike Brett and Steve Jamison’s 2014 documentary of the same name, Next Goal Wins, was first teased back in 2019. The forthcoming movie will follow the national squad of American Samoa as they hire Thomas Rongen as their new coach in an effort to improve after losing to Australia with a convincing 31-0 score.
Waititi, whose popularity has surged in recent years as a result of the success of his movies Jojo Rabbit and Thor: Ragnarok, is the film’s director and co-writer. Thor: Love and Thunder, his sequel to Ragnarok, had mediocre reviews but nevertheless managed to gross over $700 million worldwide. The audiences have praised him for his keen wit and inventive visual direction, which have come to characterise his work. It remains to be seen how this may affect Next Goal Wins. Despite the excitement around the movie, it was shot years ago, and since then, the release date has been moved around a few times.
