September 5 Trailer Tackles Media’s Role in Munich Olympics Crisis

Paramount Pictures has shared a brand new September 5 trailer for its newest historical drama about the hostage crisis that happened during thr 1972 Munich Summer Olympics. The film will arrive in select theaters on November 29, followed by its nationwide release on December 13.

“Set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, it follows an American Sports broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage,” reads the synopsis. “Through this lens, September 5 provides a fresh perspective on the live broadcast seen globally by an estimated one billion people at the time.

At the heart of the story is Geoff, a young and ambitious producer striving to prove himself to his boss, the legendary TV executive Roone Arledge. Together with German interpreter Marianne and his mentor Marvin Bade, Geoff unexpectedly takes the helm of the live coverage. As narratives shift, time ticks away, and conflicting rumors spread, with the hostages’ lives hanging in the balance, Geoff grapples with tough decisions while confronting his own moral compass.”

Check out the new September 5 trailer below (watch more trailers):

What happens in the new September 5 trailer?

The video previews the retelling of the Munich Summer Olympics hostage crisis told through the perspective of an ABC Sports news team covering the event. It highlights the media’s game-changing role in the incident, and how it affected future media coverage of such events.

September 5 is directed Tim Fehlbaum from a screenplay he co-wrote with Alex David and Moritz Binder. The film stars John Magaro, Peter Sarsgaard, Ben Chaplin, Leonie Beneschv, Zinedine Soualem, Georgina Rich, Corey Johnson, Marcus Rutherford, Daniel Adeosun, Benjamin Walker, and Ferdinand Dörfler. It is produced by Fehlbaum, Philipp Trauer, Sean Penn, John Ira Palmer, and John Wildermuth, with Martin Moszkowicz and Christoph Müller executive producing.