September 5 gets a new trailer, teasing what’s to come from the intense historical thriller. Directed by Tim Fehlbaum, the upcoming film chronicles the terrorist attack against Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics from the perspective of an American sports broadcasting crew. The film, which stars Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin, Leonie Benesch, and Benjamin Walker, screened at both the Venice and Telluride film festivals and earned positive reviews. As of writing, September 5 enjoys a 92% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Paramount Pictures now releases the first trailer for September 5, revealing more about the film. The trailer teases some truly haunting imagery as well as the intense moral dilemmas that the focus newsgroup will be dealing with. In particular, the trailer highlights that one plot point in the film will be whether the broadcast crew’s news coverage of the event is actually making the entire situation worse. Check it out below:
Taking place from September 5 – 6, the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre involved a Palestinian militant group called Black September taking nine Israeli athletes hostage. The attack resulted in the deaths of 11 Israelis, as well as five terrorists and one police officer.
What The September 5 Trailer Means For The Movie’s Awards Chances
The Newsroom Thriller Could Be An Oscar Film
Though the trailer features plenty of new looks at the September 5 cast, the footage also seemingly hypes the film as a major awards contender. Quotes from various reviews are featured prominently in the footage, and, combined with the 92% Rotten Tomatoes score, September 5 could end up being a solid force at the Oscars next year.
The trailer also confirms that this film is very different from director Steven Spielberg’s Munich. Released in 2005, Spielberg’s thriller instead documents the Munich Olympics massacre from the perspective of the men who were tasked with killing those responsible. By contrast, September 5 looks to take place mostly in a newsroom with relatively little violence shown on screen. Munich was ultimately nominated for five Oscars, including Best Picture, but it walked away empty-handed, a fate that September 5 could avoid.
Before
September 5
, Fehlbaum directed
The Colony
(2021), a sci-fi thiller that earned mixed reviews.
Our Take On September 5’s Trailer
The Fehlbaum Thriller Looks Like A Winner
Though not featuring a handful of big-name actors, September 5 could actually be better off with a cast of actors better known for their supporting roles. Magaro, for example, had a small but powerful role in Past Lives (2023), while Sarsgaard has had supporting roles in projects like Apple TV+’s Presumed Innocent and The Magnificent Seven (2016). Without big Hollywood stars, September 5 may lack the star power needed to win at the box office, but it could ultimately help the film’s characters feel more real.
September 5 will probably be a relatively small release theatrically, but it certainly looks to have the ingredients of an Oscar film. If it is able to explore powerful themes while also being a tense and nail-biting thriller, it could end up being a highlight of 2024.
Source: Paramount Pictures
The 1972 Munich Olympics saw an American sports broadcasting crew unexpectedly tasked with covering a hostage situation involving Israeli athletes.
- Director
- Tim Fehlbaum
- Release Date
- November 29, 2024
- Writers
- Tim Fehlbaum , Moritz Binder
- Cast
- Peter Sarsgaard , John Magaro , Ben Chaplin , Leonie Benesch , Daniel Adeosun , Corey Johnson , Solomon Mousley , Georgina Rich , Marcus Rutherford , Zinedine Soualem , Benjamin Walker , Robert Porter Templeton , Rony Herman
- Runtime
- 91 Minutes