{"id":46880,"date":"2024-02-29T18:13:08","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T17:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2001249"},"modified":"2024-02-29T19:56:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T18:56:51","slug":"bill-nighy-and-michael-ward-in-trailer-for-football-film-the-beautiful-game","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/bill-nighy-and-michael-ward-in-trailer-for-football-film-the-beautiful-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Nighy and Michael Ward in trailer for football film The Beautiful Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Netflix film tells a fictional story inspired by the Homeless World Cup. <\/p>

By Patrick Cremona\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 29 February 2024 at 17:13 PM<\/p>

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The first trailer has been released for Netflix\u2019s upcoming football drama The Beautiful Game, which tells a fictional story about England\u2019s homeless football team taking on the Homeless World Cup in Rome.<\/p>\n

Inspired by the real Homeless World Cup \u2013 and made with the support of the organisation \u2013 the film stars Bill Nighy and Michael Ward and will be released in select UK cinemas on Thursday 21st March before arriving on Netflix eight days later.<\/p>\n

The trailer introduces us to striker Vinny (Ward) and manager Mal (Nighy) with an early scene showing the latter observing the former take a flamboyant penalty kick and remarking that it \u201chad swagger\u201d.<\/p>\n

We then hear Vinny say in voiceover: \u201cI was a player\u2026 Vinny Walker, legend in the making\u201d, before Mal explains that he was a pro but has now been living in his car for months.<\/p>\n\nThe rest of the trailer sees Mal recruit Vinny for England\u2019s homeless team \u2013 although he is initially reluctant to be labeled as homeless \u2013 before the big trip to Rome for the tournament is teased, with Vinny clearly somewhat awestruck upon his arrival at the competition.<\/p>\nYou can watch the trailer in full above, which also teases some conflict between Vinny and some of his teammates, plenty of inspiration words from Mal, and appearances from other recognisable names such as It\u2019s A Sin\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/callum-scott-howells-the-way-its-a-sin-newsupdate\/\">Callum Scott Howells<\/a>, Shadow and Bone star Kit Young and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/taskmaster-champion-of-champions-3-line-up\">Taskmaster\u2019s<\/a> Susan Wokoma.<\/p>\nRead more:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"headline post-header__title post-header__title--headline-layout\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"heading-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/zone-of-interest-star-special-reaction-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">Zone of Interest star recalls \u201cspecial\u201d reaction to Oscar-nominated film<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/scifi\/stellan-skarsgard-dune-baron-harkonnen-useless-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd says reading Dune was \u201cuseless\u201d for his Baron Harkonnen portrayal<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\nThe full synopsis for the film provided by Netflix reads: \u201cMal is the manager of England\u2019s homeless football team, taking his players to Rome with the hope of being crowned champions of the Homeless World Cup, a global street soccer tournament.<\/p>\n\u201cAt the last minute, he decides to bring with them a talented striker Vinny, who could give them a real chance at winning, but only if he\u2019s ready to let go of his past and become part of the team.<\/p>\n\u201cMade with the support of the Homeless World Cup, The Beautiful Game is a film of second chances \u2013 where homeless teams from around the world find that all roads lead to Rome, and everything\u2019s to play for.\u201d<\/p> The Beautiful Game is released in select UK cinemas on Thursday 21st March and on Netflix on Friday 29th March. <\/strong><\/p>\nCheck out more of our\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/\">Film<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/\">TV Guide<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/\">Streaming Guide<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to find out what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\nTry Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310 \u2013\u00a0<a id=\"OWAd6a6c3ba-49f5-0b08-841b-80c9962943d5\" title=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/?utm_term=evergreen-article\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/?utm_term=evergreen-article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\" data-loopstyle=\"linkonly\">subscribe now<\/a>. 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