Zendaya tennis drama ‘Challengers’ to open Venice Film Festival
4 min readBy Associated Press
The Venice Film Festival is serving up one of many yr’s buzzier movies as its opening night time choice in Luca Guadagnino’s “Challengers.” The romantic tennis drama starring Zendaya, “West Side Story’s” Mike Faist and “The Crown’s” Josh O’Connor can have its world premiere out of competitors on the eightieth version of the pageant in September, organizers mentioned Thursday.
“Challengers” stars Zendaya as a tennis prodigy whose previous collides along with her current when her husband, performed by Faist, faces off towards a competitor who was as soon as his greatest buddy and her boyfriend. A spicy and suggestive teaser trailer that debuted not too long ago shortly turned a preferred meme on social media.
“It’s a modern bold story of youthful energy, love and power,” Guadagnino mentioned in an announcement. “I can’t wait for the Lido audience to dance across the notes of the soundtrack of Trent (Reznor) and Atticus (Ross) at the opening night of the 80th edition of the Mostra.”
The Italian director has had a number of movies premiere on the pageant, together with “Bones and All,” which gained him the Silver Lion award for steering final yr, in addition to movies like “A Bigger Splash” and “Suspiria.”
As the primary main occasion of the “fall festival” season, Venice is a vital cease for Oscar hopefuls. Last yr the pageant hosted the premiere of “The Whale,” which might go on to win Brendan Fraser greatest actor, in addition to a handful of awards contenders together with “Tár,” “The Banshees of Inisherin,” “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” and greatest actress nominee Ana de Armas (“Blonde”).
Venice Film Festival director Alberto Barbera referred to as “Challengers” cinema in its purest type.
“Luca Guadagnino is one of the few Italian directors who has always been accustomed to working with both Italian and foreign actresses and actors, getting top results from all of them each time,” Barbera mentioned in an announcement. “Guadagnino sets no limits to his creative energy in this film as he deals with topics such as love, friendship, and male rivalry, and brings to life an enthralling and affecting movie, full of irony, sensuality, and good nature.”
MGM and Amazon Studios will launch “Challengers” in theatres on Sept. 15.
The full lineup for the Venice Film Festival, which runs from Aug. 30 by Sept. 9, might be introduced in late July.
The Venice Film Festival is serving up one of many yr’s buzzier movies as its opening night time choice in Luca Guadagnino’s “Challengers.” The romantic tennis drama starring Zendaya, “West Side Story’s” Mike Faist and “The Crown’s” Josh O’Connor can have its world premiere out of competitors on the eightieth version of the pageant in September, organizers mentioned Thursday.
“Challengers” stars Zendaya as a tennis prodigy whose previous collides along with her current when her husband, performed by Faist, faces off towards a competitor who was as soon as his greatest buddy and her boyfriend. A spicy and suggestive teaser trailer that debuted not too long ago shortly turned a preferred meme on social media.
“It’s a modern bold story of youthful energy, love and power,” Guadagnino mentioned in an announcement. “I can’t wait for the Lido audience to dance across the notes of the soundtrack of Trent (Reznor) and Atticus (Ross) at the opening night of the 80th edition of the Mostra.”googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
The Italian director has had a number of movies premiere on the pageant, together with “Bones and All,” which gained him the Silver Lion award for steering final yr, in addition to movies like “A Bigger Splash” and “Suspiria.”
As the primary main occasion of the “fall festival” season, Venice is a vital cease for Oscar hopefuls. Last yr the pageant hosted the premiere of “The Whale,” which might go on to win Brendan Fraser greatest actor, in addition to a handful of awards contenders together with “Tár,” “The Banshees of Inisherin,” “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” and greatest actress nominee Ana de Armas (“Blonde”).
Venice Film Festival director Alberto Barbera referred to as “Challengers” cinema in its purest type.
“Luca Guadagnino is one of the few Italian directors who has always been accustomed to working with both Italian and foreign actresses and actors, getting top results from all of them each time,” Barbera mentioned in an announcement. “Guadagnino sets no limits to his creative energy in this film as he deals with topics such as love, friendship, and male rivalry, and brings to life an enthralling and affecting movie, full of irony, sensuality, and good nature.”
MGM and Amazon Studios will launch “Challengers” in theatres on Sept. 15.
The full lineup for the Venice Film Festival, which runs from Aug. 30 by Sept. 9, might be introduced in late July.
