Final 12 months, we received Glen Powell Summer season, because of the releases of Hit Man and Twisters. Nonetheless, after a little bit of a break from the beloved actor, he’s coming again in full drive with The Working Man, which shall be launched on the 2025 film schedule on November 7, and Chad Powers, which is slated on the 2025 TV schedule for a September 30 drop. Now, because the anticipation actually heightens for what I’m calling Glen Powell Fall, I can’t resolve which undertaking I’m extra stoked for.
The Working Man’s Trailer Upped My Anticipation For A Film I Was Already Very Excited About
Earlier than we received that first Working Man trailer, and noticed its epic motion, Colman Domingo’s scene-stealing host, and that epic Michael Cera Nerf gun second, I used to be already offered. Nonetheless, seeing the footage under made me so enthusiastically on board that I’ve now watched it over and over and can present it to anybody who tells me they haven’t seen it but:
Hear, I purchased my Glen Powell inventory years in the past, again when 2018’s Set It Up got here out. I knew he was a star, and this film the place he performs a person who’s attempting to win a recreation that includes him being hunted down seems prefer it’ll additional show that time. Plus, I’m an enormous Edgar Wright fan, and Child Driver is considered one of my favourite theatrical experiences I’ve ever had. So, the concept of seeing Powell do that epic motion within the director’s signature model makes me extraordinarily pleased.
Nonetheless, this book-to-screen adaptation of Stephen King’s novel isn’t the one Glen Powell undertaking that I’m counting down the times till fall, as a result of I’m simply as looking forward to his Hulu collection, Chad Powers.
I’ve Been Stoked For Chad Powers, However This Tease Has Me All-In On The Sports activities Comedy
I really can’t resolve if I’m extra hyped about The Working Man or Chad Powers, as a result of they’re every so compelling for very completely different causes. Whereas the aforementioned film is an motion thriller, this collection, which shall be accessible with a Hulu subscription, is a sports activities comedy based mostly on Eli Manning’s ESPN character. And let me inform you, I’m a sucker for a sports activities story.
Chad Powers is a story a couple of quarterback who demolishes his school profession as a consequence of his conduct, after which decides to stroll on to a small Southern soccer crew to try to be its star. Signal me up, I’m on board, this sounds hilarious.
Nonetheless, that’s not it, Michael Waldron, who co-created the present with Powell, instructed Swoon there shall be some romance within the combine too, explaining:
[There’s a] huge romance on the coronary heart of Chad. I believe that every one of my favourite references for this, Bull Durham, Main League, the nice sports activities films that I grew up loving have been anchored by nice romances, and I really like romances. And so the whole lot I write, I attempt to anchor in that, so for positive. There’s a very attention-grabbing one on the coronary heart of Chad.
Nicely, think about me intrigued! I really like a romance subplot, Powell is a swoon-worthy heartthrob, and I can’t wait to see how a love story is labored right into a seemingly wild present like Chad Powers.
Together with all that, Waldron additionally complimented Powell’s abilities, saying that he can “smolder with one of the best of them” whereas additionally being a performer with “sensible character actor talents.” We’ve seen all this on show earlier than by way of movies like High Gun: Maverick and Twisters. And now, I’m sure we’ll see these expertise once more in each Chad Powers and The Working Man.
Actually, I can’t resolve which I’m extra stoked for. They’re each such enjoyable ideas, and Powell has confirmed he has the abilities and star high quality to guide them nicely. So, I’m optimistic we’re in for a deal with come this autumn when Glen Powell Fall formally commences.