Challengers
Challengers is a 2024 American romantic sports film directed by Luca Guadagnino and written by Justin Kuritzkes. It follows the love triangle between an injured tennis star-turned-coach (Zendaya), her low-circuit tennis player ex-boyfriend (Josh O'Connor), and her tennis champion husband (Mike Faist) across 13 years of their relationship, culminating in the latter two's match at the ATP Challenger Tour.
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| Running time | 131 minutes
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| Country | United States
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| Language | English
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| Budget | $55 million
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| Box office | $96 million
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- To prepare for her role, Zendaya spent three months with pro tennis player-turned-coach, Brad Gilbert.
- Luca Guadagnino visited Zendaya on the set of Dune: Part Two (2024) in order to complete ADR for Challengers (2024).
- The film was completed in April 2023, a whole year before its release.
- Luca Guadagnino's second collaboration with composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross after Bones and All (2022).
- Screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes is the husband of Celine Song, who wrote and directed Past Lives (2023).
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