Emotionally extra 'Life Itself' trailer is basically movie version of 'This Is Us' -- with Oscar Isaac

Um, help?
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Emotionally extra 'Life Itself' trailer is basically movie version of 'This Is Us' -- with Oscar Isaac
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Life! Love! Loss! The trailer for Life Itself once again mines these rich Hollywood subjects through the eyes of one of their biggest fans: writer/director Dan Fogelman, who created This Is Us. You can't tell much about the story of Life Itself from the trailer apart from that it will be painful and poignant – like life itself!

Starring Olivia Wilde and Oscar Isaac, Amazon Studios' Life Itself is the story of a couple, the story of a nuclear family, the story of friends and the story of a trauma (signs point to the death of Isaac's wife and child in a car crash so, uh, help).

In sharing the trailer on Twitter, Fogelman said it was written for his wife and late mother.

Life Itself premieres Sept. 21 (just days before This Is Us returns, so prepare yourself).

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Proma Khosla

Proma Khosla is a Senior Entertainment Reporter writing about all things TV, from ranking Bridgerton crushes to composer interviews and leading Mashable's stateside coverage of Bollywood and South Asian representation. You might also catch her hosting video explainers or on Mashable's TikTok and Reels, or tweeting silly thoughts from @promawhatup.


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