--- description: Will Smith’s NFL drama Concussion is set to be released on Christmas Day 2015, Sony Pictures announced Tuesday. title: Will Smith’s ‘Concussion’ Gets Christmas Release image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0ff2ee3b3578bc29/69877c435f570fa9fbb14f48/460112392.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Will Smith’s New Movie _Concussion_ to Be Released on Christmas Day by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 28, 2015 7:56 AM CUT  Producer/actor Will Smith with fans attend the "Annie" world premiere at Ziegfeld Theater on December 7, 2014 in New York City. Producer/actor Will Smith with fans attend the "Annie" world premiere at Ziegfeld Theater on December 7, 2014 in New York City.Jim Spellman—WireImage/Getty Images by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 28, 2015 7:56 AM CUT Will Smith’s NFL drama _Concussion_ is set to be [released](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/will-smiths-nfl-concussion-drama-767810 "undefined") on Christmas Day, Sony Pictures announced Tuesday. Peter Landesman (_Parkland_) wrote and directed the film, which is based on a GQ article “Game Brain” by Heanne Marie Laskas, writes the Hollywood Reporter. Smith, 46, plays the title role of Dr. Bennet Omalu, a real-life neuropathologist who discovers football-related life-long brain traumas in football players. He fights to bring public attention to the debilitating injuries the high-impact sport inflicts. Smith stars alongside Alec Baldwin, Luke Wilson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Paul Reiser and Albert Brooks. \[[_THR_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/will-smiths-nfl-concussion-drama-767810 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3685339/will-smith-concussion-christmas-day-nfl-bennet-omalu/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3685339/will-smith-concussion-christmas-day-nfl-bennet-omalu/"},"headline":"Will Smith’s New Movie Concussion to Be Released on Christmas Day","datePublished":"2015-01-28T07:56:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:55:51.368Z","description":"The film is based on the real life struggle of whistleblower Dr. Bennet Omalu","url":"https://time.com/3685339/will-smith-concussion-christmas-day-nfl-bennet-omalu/","keywords":["movies","NFL","Alec Baldwin","Concussion","will smith","Trauma"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0ff2ee3b3578bc29/69877c435f570fa9fbb14f48/460112392.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Helen Regan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/helen-regan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0ff2ee3b3578bc29/69877c435f570fa9fbb14f48/460112392.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Annie\" World Premiere","caption":"\"Annie\" World Premiere","creditText":"Jim Spellman—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3685339/will-smith-concussion-christmas-day-nfl-bennet-omalu/","name":"Will Smith’s New Movie Concussion to Be Released on Christmas Day"}}]}] ```