The Way Back (Starring Ben Affleck; Directed by Gavin O'Connor) - March 6th, 2020

[Britnasty]

THE WAY BACK - Official Trailer - YouTube

Synopsis: A former HS basketball phenom, struggling with alcoholism, is offered a coaching job at his alma mater. As the team starts to win, he may have a reason to confront his old demons. But will it be enough to set him on the road to redemption?

(Forgive me if there is already a thread but I searched by the film title, Ben's name and Gavin's name and nothing popped except for the Accountant 2)

Anyways, this screams like a real missed opportunity for Awards play. A film where the star plays a man battling alcoholism who is also battling the same demon in his real life and just suffered a setback? Hollywood loves to sympathize with an actor who has a demon and shows it through his craft. Ben could've easily gotten Best Actor based on this trailer.

WB pushed it back from August to March 2020 since they think it could play better during March Madness.