EXCLUSIVE: Production has wrapped on the Piki Films (JoJo Rabbit, Hunt for the Wilderpeople) and Sandy Lane Productions (Bad Behaviour) family drama The Mountain from Kiwi filmmaker Rachel House.
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“Next Goal Wins.” The film, an adaptation of the sports documentary of the same name, is based on the true story of Thomas Rongen (Michael Fassbender), the soccer coach tasked with turning around the American Samoa national soccer team, considered one of the weakest teams in international play, in their bid to qualify for the FIFA World Cup. Waititi’s humor is on full display in the trailer, with Abba’s “Take a Chance on Me” playing throughout. As blonde Fassbender stars as Rongen, a down-on-his-luck coach engaging in the sports formula of traveling to a different country to turn a ragtag group of soccer players into champions.
Waititi himself even plays on this, emphasizing his losses of an Oscar with “Jojo Rabbit” and a Teen Choice Award for “Thor: Ragnarok.” Waititi is director and co-screenwriter alongside Iain Morris. The project is being put out by Andy Serkis’ Imaginarium Productions, which optioned Mike Brett and Steve Jamison’s documentary in 2015. Producers include Waititi, Serkis, Jonathan Cavendish, Garrett Basch, Brett and Jamison.
Michael Fassbender stars as Rongen along with Elisabeth Moss, Will Arnett and Rhys Darby.The film has had a long road to release, in spite of Waititi’s success as a director. Actor Armie Hammer was initially cast, but after he was hit with rape and abuse allegations he was replaced with Will Arnett. Since that time the film has leapfrogged between release dates.
In December it was pushed from its April 21, 2023 release date to September 22nd before being pushed to November 17th at the beginning of this month. The pre-Thanksgiving release could be a sign of confidence in the project, as fall features from specialty distributors are so often considered awards contenders. It could
.EXCLUSIVE: Production has wrapped on the Piki Films (JoJo Rabbit, Hunt for the Wilderpeople) and Sandy Lane Productions (Bad Behaviour) family drama The Mountain from Kiwi filmmaker Rachel House.
Rita Ora and Taika Waititi confirmed that they tied the knot earlier this year. Now, the pop star is sharing some details about their very laidback special day.
Rita Ora has revealed she planned her wedding to Taika Waititi in two days in a new interview with Glamour magazine. The Praise You singer wed the Oscar winner, 47, last summer in a low-key ceremony and is now opening up on the details of their nuptials, revealing how important it was to her to have Waititi’s children apart of it. Speaking about their special day, the Masked Singer judge revealed that the pair decided to skip the engagement and go straight to planning their vows.
EXCLUSIVE: As all of the Cannes packages start to trickle through ahead of the big event on the Croisette next week, an early frontrunner in the hot package game is Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson and Ruth Negga starrer Night Boat to Tangier. Oscar-winning director James Marsh is directing the project, based on the novel of the same name from Kevin Barry’s New York Times Top 10 Book of the Year.
Michael Fassbender stars in the upcoming comedy-drama film which is based on a true story, Next Goal Wins.
The number of outstanding genre projects that Taika Waititi (“Jojo Rabbit“) is attaching himself keeps growing as the Kiwi filmmaker is still developing a mysterious “Star Wars” feature film after working on “The Mandalorian” and is trying to put together a new live-action remake of “Flash Gordon“ for 20th Century as well.
As the stars turned out in force for 2023's Met Gala in New York – many wearing wedding dresses – two chose the glitzy event to announce their pregnancies.Tennis star Serena Williams, 41, debuted her baby bump on the cream carpet, telling Vogue magazine: “There’s three of us here. I’m good, I’m really good now.
Turning twice as many heads! The 2023 Met Gala gave A-list couples the chance to bring out their best fashion — and coordinate their styles.
Rita Ora‘s dress was still traveling up the iconic steps at the Metropolitan Museum of Art when she reached the top alongside husband Taika Waititi at the 2023 Met Gala on Monday evening (May 1) in New York City.
Love Island's Samie Elishi broke down in tears as she opened up on her break-up from ex-boyfriend Tom Clare in a new YouTube video. The emotional clip also saw Samie discuss her health, as she explained to fans that she's in the middle of a health scare.The reality TV star filmed the 17-minute video from the passenger seat of her car "where she could get a break". Samie, 23, is currently visiting best pal from the show Claudia Fogarty, but it appears she pre-recorded the video in advance.
posting a video on Wednesday night from an undisclosed location. Or, as Seth Meyers referred to it in a thorough roasting on Thursday night, “what I can only assume is a secret lair at the base of a volcano, or a fake doctor’s office from a low-budget porno.”The “Late Night” host joked that the video from Carlson came off as nothing more than a “proof-of-life video,” then proceeded to tear it apart.“Seriously, why are you zooming in from your sauna?” Meyers mocked.
Michaela Zee editor Searchlight Pictures has released the trailer for Taika Waititi’s upcoming sports comedy-drama film, “Next Goal Wins.” Based on directors Mike Brett and Steve Jamison’s 2014 documentary of the same name, “Next Goal Wins” follows the true story of unorthodox coach Thomas Rongen (Michael Fassbender) as he attempts to turn the American Samoa national soccer team into champions. The film takes place after the soccer team’s infamous 31-0 FIFA loss in 2001. Along with Fassbender, the film stars Elisabeth Moss, Will Arnett, Uli Latukefu, Rhys Darby, Oscar Kightley, David Fane, Lehi Falepapalangi, Semu Filipo, Rachel House, Angus Sampson, Frankie Adams, Beulah Koale, Sisa Grey, Russell Satele, Karim Benz, and Chris Aloso. Variety exclusively reported in Nov. 2019 that Kaimana, a fa’afafine non-binary actor, will portray Jaiyah Saelua, the first non-binary player to compete in a men’s FIFA World Cup qualifier.
Taika Waititi’s follow-up to “Thor: Love and Thunder,” “Next Goal Wins,” has all the ingredients of a potential Awards contender. The movie is based on the 2014 British documentary of the same name, directed by Mike Brett and Steve Jamison, with a script written by Waititi and Iain Morris.
While most of Disney’s CinemaCon presentation was dominated by expected Disney fare like “The Little Mermaid,” “The Haunted Mansion,” “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” and “Elemental,” there was still time spent on films from formally-Fox and formally-Fox Searchlight. Taiki Waititi and Iain Morris’ long-gestating “Next Goal Wins” stars Michael Fassbender as Dutch-American coach Thomas Rongen’s efforts to lead the American Samoa national football team to qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. It also stars Oscar Kightley, David Fane, Beulah Koale, Uli Latukefu, Rachel House, Kaimana, Rhys Darby, Will Arnett, and Elisabeth Moss.
Rome-ing around. Anna Faris and Michael Barrett were all smiles during a romantic getaway to Italy.
And so the plot thickens!
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle headed out on a basketball date night on Monday.
Rita Ora has spoken of how her marriage to Taika Waititi “changed her forever”, and that her husband inspired her to write music again.The Kosovo-born singer has been teasing her third studio album since 2019. After releasing launch single ‘You Only Love Me’ in January, she announced new album ‘You & I’ and revealed the new track ‘Praising You‘ featuring Fatboy Slim earlier this week.In a new interview with Billboard, Ora said she had a “low” period in her musical career where she had “lost a lot of confidence and a lot of hope”.
Rita Ora is opening up about her new single.
EXCLUSIVE: Hyde Park has a big package here heading into the Cannes Market: The feature take of Kevin Barry’s New York Times Top 10 Book of the Year, Night Boat to Tangier starring Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson and Ruth Negga. The Ashok Amritraj studio will be presenting the James Marsh-directed project to global buyers at the Cannes Marche Du Film next month, with the Oscar-winning filmmaker and Fassbender in tow. Barry is adapting the screenplay from his novel.