Taika Waititi’s soccer film stars Michael Fassbender as disgraced coach

Taika Waititi (Thor RagnarokMichael Fassbender,X Men: First Class) have teamed up for a soccer movie — very pointedly not called football in the trailer. The film’s title is Next Goal winsOn Wednesday, the trailer for the film was premiered. Next Goal winsRelease date for the movie is November 17, 2017.

Michael Fassbender is a former soccer coach sent to American Samoa to train the team. It’s one of America’s worst teams. As you might expect with a premise like that, the team is comprised of mostly misfits who are probably set to melt Fassbender’s cold soccer-coach heart with their dreams of one day scoring at least one official goal.

Next Goal winsWaititi wrote and directed the film. The film stars Fassbender and Elisabeth Moss.Mad Men), Will Arnett (Arrested DevelopmentOscar KightleyWilderness Peoples: Hunt for themUli LatukefuYoung Rock).