Glen Powell Led Football Comedy ‘Chad Powers’ Drops First Teaser

We have gotten our first take a look at a remodeled Glen Powell within the first teaser trailer for Chad Powers, a comedic soccer TV collection, coming to Hulu viewers in 2025. Powell, scorching off IMDB’s breakout stars of 2024 checklist, performs former faculty quarterback Russ Holliday, who’s seeking to revive his soccer profession with a brand new workforce, a brand new face, and a brand new title, Chad Powers.

The present is impressed instantly by an episode of “Eli’s Locations” the place two-time Superbowl champion quarterback Eli Manning dawned facial prosthetics and a wig whereas going undercover at a tryout for Penn State soccer as Chad Powers.

There’s little identified concerning the present up to now outdoors the essential plotline and the forged coming in. Steve Zahn, Toby Huss, and Perry Mattfeld are all signed on to play Russ’ finest pal, father, and potential love curiosity within the collection. Powell can be credited as a co-creator and co-executive producer of the collection alongside Loki and Rick and Morty producer Michael Waldron.

After the semi-recent success of sports-based comedies like Ted Lasso, it is not too shocking to see different studios making an attempt their hand at an analogous type. Even with only a crumb of particulars out there for Chad Powers, the teaser and general plot give off an analogous vibe to a Ted Lasso blended with the soccer roots of reveals like All American or Friday Night time Lights. An inspirational comedy based mostly on considered one of America’s greatest pastimes might see success, particularly with such a giant title in Glen Powell connected to it.

Powell is definitely finest identified for his motion and romantic comedy films over the previous couple of years. His efficiency in High Gun: Maverick as Hangman put him on the Hollywood map, however his appearances in Anyone But You alongside Sydney Sweeney and his current lead position as Tyler within the Twisters reboot have solidified Powell as a real A-lister. Powell has dipped his toes into the comedy world, most notably with Netflix’s Hit Man alongside Adria Arjona the place he performs a university professor moonlighting as a hitman.

Different notable particulars for Chad Powers, each Manning brothers Eli and Peyton are official producers of the present. In a current interview with The Hollywood Reporter Powell mentioned how this role is one of the hardest he’s taken in his career so far, citing the stability of getting to play a kinder-spirit when he is Chad Powers versus Russ Holliday a a lot meaner man. Presently there is no such thing as a launch date for Chad Powers outdoors a 2025 launch on Hulu.