The Cast, New Release Date & More Updates – Hollywood Life

The launch date for Challengers has been pushed to April 2024.
Zendaya stars alongside Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist.
Luca Guadagnino directed Challengers.

Zendaya is formally taking on cinemas — in 2024! She’ll be popping out swinging with Challengers, a brand new dramedy set on the planet of tennis. From the footage we’ve seen up to now, Challengers goes to be a kind of motion pictures you merely can’t miss. However, the await Challengers goes to be a bit longer than we thought.

Zendaya has two very good-looking and gifted co-stars in Challengers. Get prepared for one steamy love triangle! From the solid to the brand new launch date to what the film is all about, HollywoodLife has rounded up all the most recent updates in regards to the Challengers film.

Challengers Release Date

Challengers will now be hitting theaters on April 26, 2024. That’s fairly the push from the earlier September 15, 2023, launch date. The film’s unique launch date was August 11, 2023, nevertheless it was later moved to the September date.

Challengers was set to premiere on the 2023 Venice Film Festival. The movie has pulled out of the opening night time characteristic on the Venice Film Festival, which is held from August 30 to September 9, because of the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, in keeping with The Hollywood Reporter. The strike prevents stars like Zendaya from selling the movie.

The movie can be launched completely in theaters. A streaming launch date has not been revealed but. Challengers is rated R for language all through, some sexual content material, and graphic nudity.

Challengers Cast

Challengers encompasses a gifted trio of actors: Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, and Mike Faist. Zendaya stars as Tashi Duncan, a tennis phenom turned coach. Zendaya has turn out to be a 2-time Emmy winner for her position as Rue in HBO’s Euphoria. In addition to Challengers, Zendaya additionally reprises her position as Chani in Dune: Part Two.

Mike performs Art Duncan, Tashi’s husband. Tasha has turn out to be Art’s coach after an harm sidelined her. Mike is finest identified for his position as Riff in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story remake. He additionally originated the position of Connor Murphy in Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway.

Josh stars as Patrick, Tashi’s ex-boyfriend and Art’s former finest pal. The Emmy winner rose to fame enjoying Prince Charles in seasons 3 and 4 of The Crown.

The movie was directed and produced by Luca Guadagnino. The Oscar nominee is thought for steering movies like Call Me By Your Name, Suspiria, and Bones and All.

“She’s wonderful,” Luca stated about Zendaya in an interview with Variety. “I mean, wow. We edited the movie and we almost actually don’t use any of her double. She’s so good.” The director additionally famous that his leads “spent like three months working very hard. Everybody – technically, athletically.” The film was primarily filmed in Boston.

Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya’s Dune: Part Two co-star, noticed an early lower of the movie in 2022. “Loved it,” the actor informed Variety about his response to the movie. Timothée beforehand labored with Luca on Call Me By Your Name and Bones and All.

What Will Challengers Be About?

The official synopsis from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for Challengers reads: “From visionary filmmaker Luca Guadagnino, Challengers stars Zendaya as Tashi Duncan, a former tennis prodigy turned coach and a force of nature who makes no apologies for her game on and off the court. Married to a champion on a losing streak, Tashi’s strategy for her husband’s redemption takes a surprising turn when he must face off against the washed-up Patrick – his former best friend and Tashi’s former boyfriend. As their pasts and presents collide, and tensions run high, Tashi must ask herself, what will it cost to win.”

The director beforehand revealed to IndieWire that Challengers is a “completely different film” from his final mission Bones and All. He calls it a “fairly fizzy, sexy movie about the world of tennis.”

He additionally famous, “I think those three characters in that movie are beautifully complex and really f***ed-up people that I love very much. And a sports film, why not? It’s hyperkinetic, and I do films, so it’s great.”

Challengers Trailer

The first trailer for Challengers dropped on June 20. The footage — set to Rihanna’s “S&M” — offers a glimpse of Tashi, Art, and Patrick’s lives in each the previous and current day. The trailer chronicles Tashi and Art’s journey to dealing with off in opposition to Patrick, Tashi’s former lover, on the tennis court docket.

The love triangle heats between Art, Tashi, and Patrick. During their youthful years, there’s a second when Tashi is having fun with each Art and Patrick kissing her. Just three days after the trailer’s launch, the official trailer had amassed almost 6 million views (and counting!) on YouTube.