EverWonder Studio Sets Tennis Doc On Chris Evert-Martina Navratilova Relationship As First Project, Will Co-Produce With Meadowlark Media
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: EverWonder Studio is teaming with John Skipper’s Meadowlark Media on its first project, a feature-length documentary examining the dynamic relationship between tennis legends Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova, which it will finance and co-produce.
The teams have also secured rights for a future scripted adaptation of the story, Deadline can exclusively reveal. “I’m thrilled that this project is moving forward, and that we’ve found the right partners in EverWonder and Meadowlark,” stated Evert. “I’m looking forward to sharing our story with global audiences – not just with tennis fans but with anyone who appreciates an inspirational journey through rivalry and to mutual respect and friendship.” Said Navratilova, “This film has been decades in the making, and EverWonder and Meadowlark are the right studios to finally take it from a concept to a reality.
It was important to us to work with storytellers who will honor the true power of our lives and careers together and tell our story in the right way.” With their as-yet-untitled doc, EverWonder and Meadowlark promise to shed new light on the relationship between Evert and Navratilova, including through never-before-seen footage.
Their story underlines the importance of friendship when battling one of life’s greatest adversities. What starts as one of the great rivalries in sports history over time turns into an unbreakable bond of friendship and solidarity.
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