GOAT Trailer Debut Experience the first GOAT trailer! The film, directed by Andrew Neel, stars James Franco, Nick Jonas, and Ben Schnetzer. GOAT will be released in theaters on September 23. Reeling from a terrifying assault, a 19 year-old boy enrolls into college with his brother and pledges the same fraternity. What happens there, in the name of “brotherhood” tests the boy and his loyalty to his brother in brutal ways.