Challengers
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The story follows tennis player turned coach Tashi Duncan (Zendaya) who has taken her husband, Art (Mike Faist), and transformed him into a world-famous grand slam champion. To jolt him out of his recent losing streak, she makes him play a “Challenger” event — close to the lowest level of the pro tournament — where he finds himself standing across the net from his former best friend and Tashi’s former boyfriend (Josh O’Connor).
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Storyline
The story follows tennis player turned coach Tashi Duncan (Zendaya) who has taken her husband, Art (Mike Faist), and transformed him into a world-famous grand slam champion. To jolt him out of his recent losing streak, she makes him play a “Challenger” event — close to the lowest level of the pro tournament — where he finds himself standing across the net from his former best friend and Tashi’s former boyfriend (Josh O’Connor).
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About Challengers Movie
- Principal photography began on May 3, 2022, in Boston, where a casting call took place for local residents to audition to play tennis players, general extras, and stand-ins. Filming ended on June 26, 2022.
- In preparation for her role, Zendaya spent three months training with pro-tennis player-turned-coach Brad Gilbert.
- Maude Apatow, Alexa Demie, Hunter Schafer, and Sydney Sweeney were considered for the role of Tashi before Zendaya was cast.
- Austin Abrams, Jacob Elordi, and Dominic Fike were considered for the role of Patrick before Josh O’Connor was cast.
- Challengers is scheduled to be released in the United States on April 26, 2024.
- Previously set to be released on September 15, 2023, and before that August 11, 2023, the film was also scheduled to have its world premiere as the opening film of the 80th Venice International Film Festival, but was delayed and pulled out from the festival by Amazon MGM Studios due to the ongoing 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike.
- While Warner Bros. Pictures serves as the film’s international distributor, the film will not receive a theatrical release in France and will instead stream on Amazon Prime Video.
- Challengers is not receive a theatrical release in France and will stream on Amazon Prime Video.
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