‘Challengers’ Trailer: Love Is a Dangerous Game in Zendaya-Starring Tennis Movie
Challengers, the Luca Guadagnino-directed, Zendaya-starring drama about a trio of tennis players enmeshed in a love triangle, is back with a new trailer and release date after the film was postponed last year due to the Hollywood strikes.
The latest preview doesn’t stray that far from the one that dropped back in June 2023, serving more of a reminder that, yes, Challengers is coming out. The movie follows former tennis star Tashi Duncan (Zendaya) — whose career is cut short by a leg injury — alongside her pro husband Art (Mike Faist) as they reconnect with a former rival/lover Patrick (Josh O’Conner) years later.
“I think those three characters in that movie are beautifully complex and really fucked-up people that I love very much,” Guadagnino previously said of Challengers in an interview with IndieWire. “And a sports film, why not? It’s hyperkinetic, and I do films, so it’s great.” The director — who also helmed Suspiria, Call Me By Your Name, and A Bigger Splash — also called the movie his first “comedy.”
Challengers was originally scheduled for release in September 2023, but the strikes pushed its theatrical release date to April 26.
The Amazon MGM Studios film was written by Justin Kuritzkes and features a score composed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, who previously worked with Guadagnino on 2022’s Bones and All, a cannibal love story that starred Zendaya’s Dune cast mate Timothée Chalamet.
