The Venice Film Festival will start with Luca Guadagnino’s sexy sports comedy “Challengers,” featuring Zendaya as a former tennis prodigy turned coach involved in a love triangle with two professional tennis players, played by Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist. READ MORE: ‘Challengers’ Trailer: Zendaya Is A Tennis Pro With Two Lovers In Luca Guadagnino’s New Drama On August 30, “Challengers” will have its global debut outside of competition in the Palazzo del Cinema at the Venice Lido, serving as the festival’s 80th anniversary’s star-studded opening night.
The much-awaited movie, which is Guadagnino’s first full-fledged U.S. studio production, will be released globally by Warner Bros.
The movie will hit theatres in the United States on September 15. In the movie, Zendaya plays tennis prodigy Tashi Duncan, who is wed to Art, a champion who is currently having bad luck, who is played by Faist (“West Side Story”).
Art will compete in the Challengers tennis competition as part of Tashi’s strategy for her husband’s rehabilitation. However, things take a fascinating turn when Tashi is forced to compete against Patrick, a washed-up player played by O’Connor who also happens to be Art’s closest friend and Tashi’s ex-lover. “I am so thrilled for audiences to experience my new film “Challengers” at the Venice Film Festival.
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