Glen Powell wears a disturbing disguise in the first teaser for his football comedy series “Chad Powers.”

Glen Powell enters the field – in a nasty new disguise.

Hulu has released the first teaser for Chad Powersthe upcoming half-hour comedy series Powell co-created with Michael Waldron (Loki). The 15-second video offers a glimpse of his character Russ Holliday, incognito, remaking his career as the big-nosed Chad Powers. “I have something in mind,” says Russ. “Something big.”

The footage briefly shows Russ sitting in a car before attaching a prosthetic face to his face and walking into a football stadium. We also see Russ dressed as Chad – with a huge bulbous snout and an unusual closed-mouth grin that probably hides fake teeth – alongside Perry Mattfeld’s Ricky, and we get a quick shot of Steve Zahn’s Jake Hudson mid-game screams It’s not immediately clear whether his exclamation is celebratory or frustrated.

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Powell’s revamped image is a crucial part of the show’s premise. In the series, short-tempered Russ wastes his college football career, leading him to disguise himself in order to join a new team without the baggage of his past. The series is based on an ESPN+ comedy segment starring Eli Manning, in which the athlete was seen in a similar disguise as he tried to join the Penn State football team. Manning said he was inspired by Matthew McConaughey, one of Powell’s idols Dazed and confusedThe film was directed by Powell’s frequent collaborator Richard Linklater.

Chad Powers is the latest project for Powell, who has quickly become one of Hollywood’s busiest leading men. After the Netflix rom-com headliner Set it up and delivered a lively, supportive turn Top Gun: MaverickPowell starred in another romantic comedy, Everyone but youwhich was a huge box office success at the end of 2022. He also headlined the successful sequel Twister and the drama killer in summer 2024.

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Powell will also star in Edgar Wrights next year The running manan adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, which inspired Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 1987 film of the same name. He will also headline the thriller Huntington alongside Margaret Qualley, and rumors have been circulating that he will star in JJ Abrams’ mysterious new film.

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Chad Powers will premiere on Hulu in fall 2025. Check out the teaser above.

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