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Final ‘Challengers’ Trailer: Luca Guadagnino Sexy Tennis Love Triangle Stars Zendaya & Opens This Weekend

April 22, 2024 1:37 pm

From almost all accounts, it seems like Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino has another hit on his hands with “Challengers,” a new tennis drama from MGM Studios that’s actually more of a love-triangle romance bu...

‘Challengers’ Review: Zendaya Rules This Love Triangle

Gregory Ellwood

April 18, 2024 3:20 pm

News, Reviews

Based on the marketing, you might think “Challengers” is at its core, a tennis movie and, well, it sort of is. The film is certainly set in the world of tennis, you can't deny that, and at one point, Zendaya’s...

‘Challengers’ Trailer: Luca Guadagnino’s New Romantic Sports Comedy Stars Zendaya & Arrives In April

theplaylist and Edward Davis

February 21, 2024 9:39 am

News, Trailers

“Challengers,” the new comedy from Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino, seems like a big left turn for a director who can seemingly do it all. Guadagnino has done things like acclaimed romantic dramas like “Call...

‘Challengers’ Cast Hints That “The Tennis Is The Sex” In Luca Guadagnino’s Upcoming Sports Drama

Ned Booth

August 3, 2023 12:04 pm

News

Fans of Luca Guadagninio pricked up their ears when the director announced last year that his next film would be a movie about tennis. Guada and tennis? That doesn't sound like it'd work on paper. But in Empir...

Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Challengers’ To Skip Venice & Move To Spring 2024 Due To Actors Strike

Ned Booth

July 21, 2023 1:46 pm

Festivals, News

Bad news out of the Venice Film Festival: Variety reports that Luca Guadagnino's "Challengers" will no longer be the opening film on the Lido this year. What's more, MGM/Amazon Studios have pushed back the ten...

‘Challengers’: Luca Guadagnino’s Tennis Love Triangle Film With Zendaya Will Open The 80th Edition Of The Venice Film Festival

Ned Booth

July 6, 2023 9:26 am

Festivals, News

Well, it's official: Variety reports that Luca Guadagnino's latest, his tennis love triangle film "Challengers," will open the 80th edition of the Venice Film Festival. No surprise there, as Guada has premiere...

‘Challengers’ Trailer: Zendaya Is A Tennis Prodigy In The Sports Drama From Luca Guadagnino

Charles Barfield

June 20, 2023 12:50 pm

News, Trailers

After incredible, award-winning success with his film, “Call Me By Your Name,” filmmaker Luca Guadagnino has been happily toiling away in the horror film genre with his last two movies, “Suspiria” and “Bones &...

‘Challengers’: Josh O’Connor & Mike Faist Join Zendaya In New Tennis Drama From Luca Guadagnino

Charles Barfield

February 14, 2022 12:37 pm

News

Recently, it was reported that Luca Guadagnino is putting together a cast for his latest film, titled “Challengers.” At the time, we learned the film was set to star Zendaya (of “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” “Eup...

‘West Side Story’ Review: Steven Spielberg’s Musical Dazzles Despite A Key Casting Fumble

Jason Bailey

December 2, 2021 9:01 am

Features, News, Reviews

How badly can a single performance wreck an entire film? This is the unfortunate question prompted by Steven Spielberg’s new film adaptation of “West Side Story,” a dazzling and energetic movie ...

‘Panic’ Trailer: Amazon’s New YA Drama Features Teens Playing Deadly Games To Escape The Trap Of Their Small Town

Valerie Thompson

May 12, 2021 2:15 pm

News, Television, Trailers

What will a person do to change their life? It’s a fascinating thought at the center of Lauren Oliver’s “Panic.” The Amazon adaptation of her bestselling novel covers events surrounding an increasingly d...

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