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First trailer released for Will Smith's NFL-injury movie 'Concussion'

By Karen Butler
Cast member Will Smith attends the premiere of the motion picture dramatic comedy "Focus" at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on Feb. 24, 2015. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Cast member Will Smith attends the premiere of the motion picture dramatic comedy "Focus" at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on Feb. 24, 2015. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Sony Pictures has unveiled the first trailer for Concussion, its sports-injury drama starring Will Smith, Luke Wilson, Alec Baldwin and Albert Brooks.

Set for theatrical release Dec. 25, the film was directed by Peter Landesman and is based on the GQ magazine article "Game Brain" by Jeanne Marie Laskas.

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Smith plays Dr. Bennet Omalu, who studies the brains of ex-professional football players and discovers they are suffering from a neuro-degenerative disease caused by repeated trauma to the head, The Hollywood Reporter said.

The film co-stars Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Richard T. Jones.

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