K.T Simpson
Taika Waititi is set to direct “Next Goal Wins” for Fox Searchlight, and Michael Fassbender has been confirmed as being in final negotiations to star.
The film will be Waititi’s next before taking on “Thor: Love and Thunder” – which is set to begin shooting at the beginning of 2020.
Per Variety, the film will be based off the 2015 doc “Next Goal Wins,” which follows the true story of Dutch coach Thomas Rongen, who attempts the nearly impossible task of turning the American Samoa soccer team from perennial losers into winners.
Garrett Basch is producing the Fox Searchlight film, as are Jonathan Cavendish and Andy Serkis through their Imaginarium banner. Mike Brett and Steve Jamison, who directed the doc, will also produce.
