Amazon Studios has revealed a new trailer for the upcoming drama film Life Itself, written and directed by Dan Fogelman, who’s found great success on the small screen with the hit NBC series This Is Us. The film tells the love story of a couple played by Oscar Isaac and Olivia Wilde, told through multiple generations and spanning both decades and continents. This trailer certainly teases a sweeping, romantic story anchored by Isaac and Wilde, but there are also possibly hints at a This Is Us-like twist if I'm reading this thing right.

Fogelman’s early feature credits were for writing family films like BoltTangled, and Cars 2, but he broke out in a big way with writing 2011’s romantic comedy Crazy, Stupid, Love. After that, he went on to create two semi-successful TV series: The Neighbors and GalavantLife Itself marks his return to the big screen after getting This Is Us off the ground, and I have to say the marketing for this in terms of aiming at the This Is Us audience is very on point.

This is the kind of movie that really could go either way. There's always the worry that you're in for a Collateral Beauty-like disaster with something this emotionally raw, but there's also the chance you get something like Jerry Maguire. We'll find out this fall.

Check out the Life Itself trailer below. The film also stars Mandy PatinkinOlivia CookeLaia CostaAnnette Bening, and Antonio BanderasLife Itself opens in theaters on September 21st.

Here’s the official synopsis for Life Itself:

As a young New York couple goes from college romance to marriage and the birth of their first child, the unexpected twists of their journey create reverberations that echo over continents and through lifetimes in Life Itself. Director and writer Dan Fogelman (“This Is Us”) examines the perils and rewards of everyday life in a multigenerational saga featuring an international ensemble including Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, Antonio Banderas, Annette Bening, Olivia Cooke, Sergio Peris- Mencheta, Laia Costa, Alex Monner and Mandy Patinkin. Set in New York City and Carmona, Spain, Life Itself celebrates the human condition and all of its complications with humor, poignancy and love.

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