The Screen Actors Guild is the biggest Hollywood guild that gives out awards, with more than 100,000 members. But the SAG Awards nominations are only given out by a fraction of that number, by randomly chosen film and television nominating committees of a little more than 2,000 people each — and because of that, the results can seem a little random at times, too.
And so they did on Wednesday, when the 26th annual SAG Awards nominations were announced. “The Irishman” landed an all-important ensemble nomination, along with individual noms for costars Al Pacino and Joe Pesci — but Robert De Niro, an acting icon who plays the lead in the film, was overlooked just as he was in the Golden Globe nominations on Monday. Of course, he can take some solace in the fact that SAG is giving him a Lifetime Achievement Award this year, so maybe voters figured he didn’t need...
And so they did on Wednesday, when the 26th annual SAG Awards nominations were announced. “The Irishman” landed an all-important ensemble nomination, along with individual noms for costars Al Pacino and Joe Pesci — but Robert De Niro, an acting icon who plays the lead in the film, was overlooked just as he was in the Golden Globe nominations on Monday. Of course, he can take some solace in the fact that SAG is giving him a Lifetime Achievement Award this year, so maybe voters figured he didn’t need...
- 12/11/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Paul Rudd is struggling to exist in the first trailer for his new Netflix series, Living With Yourself.
The series "is an inventive existential comedy that asks: do we really want to be better?" according to Netflix.
Miles (Paul Rudd) is a man struggling in life. When he undergoes a novel spa treatment that promises to make him a better person, he finds he’s been replaced by a new and improved version of himself.
As he deals with the unintended consequences of his actions, Miles finds he must fight for his wife (Aisling Bea), his career, and his very identity.
Related: Charlie Hunnam to Lead Cast of Apple TV+ Drama
Told from multiple perspectives, the eight-episode series was created and written by Emmy® Award winner Timothy Greenberg (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart), directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris and stars Paul Rudd.
Greenberg executive produces with Anthony Bregman...
The series "is an inventive existential comedy that asks: do we really want to be better?" according to Netflix.
Miles (Paul Rudd) is a man struggling in life. When he undergoes a novel spa treatment that promises to make him a better person, he finds he’s been replaced by a new and improved version of himself.
As he deals with the unintended consequences of his actions, Miles finds he must fight for his wife (Aisling Bea), his career, and his very identity.
Related: Charlie Hunnam to Lead Cast of Apple TV+ Drama
Told from multiple perspectives, the eight-episode series was created and written by Emmy® Award winner Timothy Greenberg (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart), directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris and stars Paul Rudd.
Greenberg executive produces with Anthony Bregman...
- 9/16/2019
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Paul Rudd is his own worst enemy … literally.
Netflix released the first trailer for its dark comedy “Living With Yourself,” which features the “Ant-Man” star playing two versions of the same character.
In the series, Rudd stars as Miles, a man struggling in life. When he undergoes a novel spa treatment that promises to make him a better person, he finds he’s been replaced by a new and improved version of himself. As he deals with the unintended consequences of his actions, Miles finds he must fight for his wife (Aisling Bea), his career, and his very identity.
Also Read: Netflix's 'Daybreak' Trailer: 'Ferris Bueller' Meets Post-Apocalyptic Mayhem (Video)
The series also stars Desmin Borges, Karen Pittman and Zoe Chao.
“Living With Yourself” premieres on Netflix on Friday, Oct. 18.
Watch the video above.
Also Read: 'In the Shadow of the Moon' Trailer: Boyd Holbrook Hunts...
Netflix released the first trailer for its dark comedy “Living With Yourself,” which features the “Ant-Man” star playing two versions of the same character.
In the series, Rudd stars as Miles, a man struggling in life. When he undergoes a novel spa treatment that promises to make him a better person, he finds he’s been replaced by a new and improved version of himself. As he deals with the unintended consequences of his actions, Miles finds he must fight for his wife (Aisling Bea), his career, and his very identity.
Also Read: Netflix's 'Daybreak' Trailer: 'Ferris Bueller' Meets Post-Apocalyptic Mayhem (Video)
The series also stars Desmin Borges, Karen Pittman and Zoe Chao.
“Living With Yourself” premieres on Netflix on Friday, Oct. 18.
Watch the video above.
Also Read: 'In the Shadow of the Moon' Trailer: Boyd Holbrook Hunts...
- 9/16/2019
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
The Netflix original series Living With Yourself is out with its first trailer and key art. The existential comedy features Ant-man’s Paul Rudd as Miles, a man struggling in life.
When he undergoes a novel spa treatment that promises to make him a better person, he finds he’s been replaced by a new and improved version of himself. As he deals with the unintended consequences of his actions, Miles finds he must fight for his wife (Aisling Bea), his career, and his very identity.
Told from multiple perspectives, the eight-episode series was created and written by Emmy Award winner Timothy Greenberg (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart), directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris and stars Paul Rudd and…Paul Rudd.
Greenberg executive produces with Anthony Bregman and Jeff Stern for Likely Story, Tony Hernandez for Jax Media, Dayton, Faris,...
When he undergoes a novel spa treatment that promises to make him a better person, he finds he’s been replaced by a new and improved version of himself. As he deals with the unintended consequences of his actions, Miles finds he must fight for his wife (Aisling Bea), his career, and his very identity.
Told from multiple perspectives, the eight-episode series was created and written by Emmy Award winner Timothy Greenberg (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart), directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris and stars Paul Rudd and…Paul Rudd.
Greenberg executive produces with Anthony Bregman and Jeff Stern for Likely Story, Tony Hernandez for Jax Media, Dayton, Faris,...
- 9/16/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Emma Stone and Steve Carell transport us back to 1973’s famous tennis showdown between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs
The stranger-than-fiction story of how the tennis courts of America became a gender battlefield in the early 70s was brilliantly told in James Erskine and Zara Hayes’s 2013 documentary The Battle of the Sexes. About 90 million people watched Billie Jean King take on self-proclaimed male chauvinist pig Bobby Riggs in the titular 1973 game, which was less a tennis match than a seismic sociological standoff. This dramatisation revisits those carnivalesque events in splendidly springy fashion, achieving the quadruple grand slam feat of being emotionally engaging, politically intriguing, dramatically gripping and frequently very funny.
Related: Game, set and spats… a grand slam of tennis movies
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The stranger-than-fiction story of how the tennis courts of America became a gender battlefield in the early 70s was brilliantly told in James Erskine and Zara Hayes’s 2013 documentary The Battle of the Sexes. About 90 million people watched Billie Jean King take on self-proclaimed male chauvinist pig Bobby Riggs in the titular 1973 game, which was less a tennis match than a seismic sociological standoff. This dramatisation revisits those carnivalesque events in splendidly springy fashion, achieving the quadruple grand slam feat of being emotionally engaging, politically intriguing, dramatically gripping and frequently very funny.
Related: Game, set and spats… a grand slam of tennis movies
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- 11/26/2017
- by Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
- The Guardian - Film News
Movies to see this Thanksgiving weekendMovies to see this Thanksgiving weekendJenny Bullough10/5/2017 10:09:00 Am
Thanksgiving is all about family and togetherness, and of course food. But let’s be honest, sometimes you get to a point in the holiday where you need a little break. Maybe your mom or your aunt has started asking that dreaded “when are you going to settle down/get married/have kids” question, or you just can’t listen to your Dad and crazy Uncle Bruce debate over their different political opinions or sports team loyalties any more.
There’s no better escape than a Cineplex theatre, where you can get away from your family for a short but refreshing time and enjoy someone else’s drama! Here are our recommendations for movies to see this long weekend:
If you’re in the mood for action American Made
Veteran movie star Tom Cruise teams...
Thanksgiving is all about family and togetherness, and of course food. But let’s be honest, sometimes you get to a point in the holiday where you need a little break. Maybe your mom or your aunt has started asking that dreaded “when are you going to settle down/get married/have kids” question, or you just can’t listen to your Dad and crazy Uncle Bruce debate over their different political opinions or sports team loyalties any more.
There’s no better escape than a Cineplex theatre, where you can get away from your family for a short but refreshing time and enjoy someone else’s drama! Here are our recommendations for movies to see this long weekend:
If you’re in the mood for action American Made
Veteran movie star Tom Cruise teams...
- 10/5/2017
- by Jenny Bullough
- Cineplex
Nearly 30 specialized films debuted in New York and/or Los Angeles this week. And with Yom Kippur falling right during the weekend, it meant most potentially high-end titles avoided the date (unlike last weekend).
Perhaps the highest-profile among them, “Our Souls at Night” starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda, is debuting on Netflix film at the same time it played a few scattered big city play dates (grosses are not available).
Among those that opened, “Lucky” (Magnolia), Harry Dean Stanton’s second to last acting role, opened ahead of the rest. The initial limited full week (prior to its one-day showings) of “Pearl Jam: Let’s Play Two” (Abramorama) showed some strength, while “Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House” (Sony Pictures Classics) fared less well in its limited showings. An exclusive opening in Los Angeles of the surfer documentary “Take Every Wave” (IFC) in Los Angeles was impressive,...
Perhaps the highest-profile among them, “Our Souls at Night” starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda, is debuting on Netflix film at the same time it played a few scattered big city play dates (grosses are not available).
Among those that opened, “Lucky” (Magnolia), Harry Dean Stanton’s second to last acting role, opened ahead of the rest. The initial limited full week (prior to its one-day showings) of “Pearl Jam: Let’s Play Two” (Abramorama) showed some strength, while “Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House” (Sony Pictures Classics) fared less well in its limited showings. An exclusive opening in Los Angeles of the surfer documentary “Take Every Wave” (IFC) in Los Angeles was impressive,...
- 10/1/2017
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
If you’re over age 50, you likely recall the Billie Jean King-Bobby Riggs tennis match from 1973, a feminist landmark and time-capsule of male chauvinist history that attracted one of the biggest audiences ever for a sporting event at that time. Over 100 million worldwide watched the 29-year old Number 2 ranked women’s champion take on the 55-year old former men’s champ in a $100,000 tournament that’s now been dramatized in Battle Of The Sexes, a flawed but mostly entertaining look at a repressive time when women athletes weren’t taken seriously and ‘lesbian’ was a dirty word.
Loudmouth hustler and gambling addict Bobby Riggs (Steve Carrel), was a self-confessed ‘male chauvinist pig’ even though he lived off the family money of his second wife Priscilla (Elizabeth Shue). Riggs had been a tennis champ decades earlier and was still active on the senior circuit in the early ‘70s. He...
Loudmouth hustler and gambling addict Bobby Riggs (Steve Carrel), was a self-confessed ‘male chauvinist pig’ even though he lived off the family money of his second wife Priscilla (Elizabeth Shue). Riggs had been a tennis champ decades earlier and was still active on the senior circuit in the early ‘70s. He...
- 9/29/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Forty-four years ago this month, Billie Jean King, one of the top female tennis players of all time, beat Bobby Riggs, a retired former #1 player in the men’s circuit, in front of an estimated worldwide audience of 90 million people.
Besides sending the cocksure and (admittedly) chauvinistic Riggs into a depression, the match, which some dismissed as a publicity stunt, would go on to be remembered as a symbolic achievement for women in a decade of tremendous social progress.
Now, the story behind the game, and the changes it helped inspire, is on the big screen in Battle of the Sexes,...
Besides sending the cocksure and (admittedly) chauvinistic Riggs into a depression, the match, which some dismissed as a publicity stunt, would go on to be remembered as a symbolic achievement for women in a decade of tremendous social progress.
Now, the story behind the game, and the changes it helped inspire, is on the big screen in Battle of the Sexes,...
- 9/28/2017
- by Mike Miller
- PEOPLE.com
‘Battle of the Sexes’ and ‘Victoria & Abdul’ Launch Fall Wave; ‘Loving Vincent’ Shows Animated Start
The fall specialized season ratcheted up with a group of top festival releases starting their theatrical release with later awards in their sights. As expected, well-reviewed “The Battle of the Sexes” (Fox Searchlight) stood out as the top performer in a week without much other signs of life from holdovers (IFC’s “The Viceroy’s House” is the best of a weak bunch).
In two initial cities, Judi Dench showed her royal form in Stephen Frears’ “Victoria & Abdul” (Focus) with the weekend’s best per theater average, while “Stronger” (Roadside Attractions) saw some success in a much wider limited release.
The upstart was “Loving Vincent” (Good Deed), which unexpectedly came up with a $24,000 exclusive New York opening. This rare animated arthouse release (using Van Gogh “painted” animation to tell its narrative) could be a sleeper success within this uber-competitive period.
Opening
The Battle of the Sexes (Fox Searchlight) – Metacritic: 73; Festivals...
In two initial cities, Judi Dench showed her royal form in Stephen Frears’ “Victoria & Abdul” (Focus) with the weekend’s best per theater average, while “Stronger” (Roadside Attractions) saw some success in a much wider limited release.
The upstart was “Loving Vincent” (Good Deed), which unexpectedly came up with a $24,000 exclusive New York opening. This rare animated arthouse release (using Van Gogh “painted” animation to tell its narrative) could be a sleeper success within this uber-competitive period.
Opening
The Battle of the Sexes (Fox Searchlight) – Metacritic: 73; Festivals...
- 9/24/2017
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Look anywhere around you, and it’s obvious: Sexism sells. In 1973, tennis hall of famer Bobby Riggs exploited that fact to goad Billie Jean King into competing in a match he billed “The Battle of the Sexes.” Riggs knew which buttons to push to get a whopping 90 million viewers to tune into the game. “She doesn’t stand a chance against me,” Riggs told one journalist. “Women’s tennis is so far beneath men’s tennis.” For the cheap seats, he bragged, “I want to prove that women are lousy, they stink, and they don’t belong on the same court as.
- 9/21/2017
- by Inkoo Kang
- The Wrap
In the wake of the sexual revolution and the rise of the women’s movement, the 1973 tennis match between women’s world champion Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) and ex-men’s-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) was billed as the Battle Of The Sexes and became one of the most watched televised sports events of all time, reaching 90 million viewers around the world. As the rivalry between King and Riggs kicked into high gear, off-court each was fighting more personal and complex battles.
The fiercely private King was not only championing for equality, but also struggling to come to terms with her own sexuality, as her friendship with Marilyn Barnett (Andrea Riseborough) developed. And Riggs, one of the first self-made media-age celebrities, wrestled with his gambling demons, at the expense of his family and wife Priscilla (Elisabeth Shue). Together, Billie and Bobby served up a cultural spectacle that...
The fiercely private King was not only championing for equality, but also struggling to come to terms with her own sexuality, as her friendship with Marilyn Barnett (Andrea Riseborough) developed. And Riggs, one of the first self-made media-age celebrities, wrestled with his gambling demons, at the expense of his family and wife Priscilla (Elisabeth Shue). Together, Billie and Bobby served up a cultural spectacle that...
- 9/20/2017
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Battle Of The Sexes, which pitted the 29-year-old top-ranked women’s tennis player Billie Jean King against the 55-year-old retired men’s pro Bobby Riggs, was a circus. Riggs, in the part of the avowed male chauvinist and opponent of women’s lib, entered the Houston Astrodome—about as un-tennis a setting as…
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- 9/19/2017
- by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
- avclub.com
Emma Stone and Steve Carell want you to know that there’s more to The Battle of the Sexes than entertainment value.
In an exclusive featurette about the upcoming film, the two stars and directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine) explain the historical impact of the event that inspired their big screen adaptation.
“It’s called Battle of the Sexes and it’s about Billie Jean vs. Bobby Riggs,” says Dayton over introductory clips from the film featuring Carell as “misogynist” pro Bobby Riggs taunting Stone as tennis legend Billie Jean King.
“Billy Jean is probably the...
In an exclusive featurette about the upcoming film, the two stars and directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine) explain the historical impact of the event that inspired their big screen adaptation.
“It’s called Battle of the Sexes and it’s about Billie Jean vs. Bobby Riggs,” says Dayton over introductory clips from the film featuring Carell as “misogynist” pro Bobby Riggs taunting Stone as tennis legend Billie Jean King.
“Billy Jean is probably the...
- 9/6/2017
- by Kara Warner
- PEOPLE.com
Now that the Academy has honored Emma Stone with a much-deserved Oscar for her performance in “La La Land,” she has become a hot commodity and, if advanced buzz is any indication, her performance as Billie Jean King in this fall’s upcoming “The Battle of the Sexes” might land her another nomination.
So it comes as no surprise that in Forbes’ recently released list of Hollywood’s highest paid actresses she figures very high up on the list.
Continue reading Emma Stone Is 2017’s Highest Paid Actress at The Playlist.
So it comes as no surprise that in Forbes’ recently released list of Hollywood’s highest paid actresses she figures very high up on the list.
Continue reading Emma Stone Is 2017’s Highest Paid Actress at The Playlist.
- 8/17/2017
- by Jordan Ruimy
- The Playlist
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, My Little Pony, Breathe, and more make our daily movie newsJumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, My Little Pony, Breathe, and more make our daily movie newsZachary Dent6/29/2017 4:42:00 Pm
In today's movie news we have a a few trailers with a couple posters sprinkled in!
The Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle trailer dropped today! In a brand new Jumanji adventure, four high school kids discover an old video game console and are drawn into the game's jungle setting, literally becoming the adult avatars they chose. What they discover is that you don't just play Jumanji - you must survive it. To beat the game and return to the real world, they'll have to go on the most dangerous adventure of their lives, discover what Alan Parrish left 20 years ago, and change the way they think about themselves - or they'll be stuck in the game forever.
In today's movie news we have a a few trailers with a couple posters sprinkled in!
The Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle trailer dropped today! In a brand new Jumanji adventure, four high school kids discover an old video game console and are drawn into the game's jungle setting, literally becoming the adult avatars they chose. What they discover is that you don't just play Jumanji - you must survive it. To beat the game and return to the real world, they'll have to go on the most dangerous adventure of their lives, discover what Alan Parrish left 20 years ago, and change the way they think about themselves - or they'll be stuck in the game forever.
- 6/29/2017
- by Zachary Dent
- Cineplex
Documentary film-maker James Erskine’s soft-hitting look at Indian star Sachin Tendulkar will appeal to cricket denizens and casual spectators alike
Prolific sports documentarian James Erskine (Pantani, The Battle of the Sexes) here takes on his most ambitious project yet: a study of Sachin Tendulkar – the closest thing Indian cricket has to a living deity – played out over Test session duration to soaring Ar Rahman compositions. Much as last year’s biopic did for Ms Dhoni, Erskine positions Tendulkar as a modernising influence, an upwardly mobile, middle-class boy driving his country into the 21st century; his ascendancy coincides with the global TV rights boom, reflected in enthralling match footage that progresses from wobbly VHS images to super-hd Indian Premier League coverage. The world wanted to watch Sachin bat.
Certain sections land somewhere between admiring and naggingly authorised. Erskine soft-pedals around Anjali Tendulkar’s decision to abandon her medical studies to become a full-time wife,...
Prolific sports documentarian James Erskine (Pantani, The Battle of the Sexes) here takes on his most ambitious project yet: a study of Sachin Tendulkar – the closest thing Indian cricket has to a living deity – played out over Test session duration to soaring Ar Rahman compositions. Much as last year’s biopic did for Ms Dhoni, Erskine positions Tendulkar as a modernising influence, an upwardly mobile, middle-class boy driving his country into the 21st century; his ascendancy coincides with the global TV rights boom, reflected in enthralling match footage that progresses from wobbly VHS images to super-hd Indian Premier League coverage. The world wanted to watch Sachin bat.
Certain sections land somewhere between admiring and naggingly authorised. Erskine soft-pedals around Anjali Tendulkar’s decision to abandon her medical studies to become a full-time wife,...
- 5/26/2017
- by Mike McCahill
- The Guardian - Film News
The Emoji Movie, War For The Planet of The Apes, and Battle of the Sexes make our daily movie news!The Emoji Movie, War For The Planet of The Apes, and Battle of the Sexes make our daily movie news!Jenny Bullough5/16/2017 4:50:00 Pm Today might as well be called Trailer Tuesday as we got brand-new trailers for The Emoji Movie, War For The Planet of The Apes, and Battle of the Sexes! And as if that's not enough, a new featurette from The Mummy, too! Check out all the excitement below: Battle of the Sexes tells the story of the electrifying 1973 tennis match between world number one tennis champion Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell). Billed as "The Battle of the Sexes", it became one of the most watched televised sports events of all time. The match caught the zeitgeist...
- 5/16/2017
- by Jenny Bullough
- Cineplex
A chauvinistic goofball attempting to undermine the female population might strike a little too much of a chord in today’s age, but a new sports dramedy depicts just that. The Battle of the Sexes, which captures the 1973 rivalry between Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) and Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) has now debuted its first trailer ahead of a fall release by Fox Searchlight.
Coming from Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine, Ruby Sparks), the trailer sells a relatively light tone when compared to the usually more intense genre of the sports movie. “This was a really important and serious time in the women’s liberation movement, and it was one of the first times that a political issue was acted out in the circus-like atmosphere,” co-director Dayton says to People. “It just felt incredibly relevant to today’s time.”
Also starring Andrea Riseborough, Elisabeth Shue, Austin Stowell,...
Coming from Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine, Ruby Sparks), the trailer sells a relatively light tone when compared to the usually more intense genre of the sports movie. “This was a really important and serious time in the women’s liberation movement, and it was one of the first times that a political issue was acted out in the circus-like atmosphere,” co-director Dayton says to People. “It just felt incredibly relevant to today’s time.”
Also starring Andrea Riseborough, Elisabeth Shue, Austin Stowell,...
- 5/16/2017
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
With The French Open and Wimbledon right around the corner, the Grand slam matches are on the minds of every tennis fan.
Today, Fox Searchlight Pictures has released this first trailer for the upcoming film Battle Of The Sexes.
The electrifying 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) was billed as The Battle Of The Sexes and became one of the most watched televised sports events of all time. The match caught the zeitgeist and sparked a global conversation on gender equality, spurring on the feminist movement.
Trapped in the media glare, King and Riggs were on opposite sides of a binary argument, but off-court each was fighting more personal and complex battles. With a supportive husband urging her to fight the Establishment for equal pay, the fiercely private King was also struggling to come to terms with her own sexuality,...
Today, Fox Searchlight Pictures has released this first trailer for the upcoming film Battle Of The Sexes.
The electrifying 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) was billed as The Battle Of The Sexes and became one of the most watched televised sports events of all time. The match caught the zeitgeist and sparked a global conversation on gender equality, spurring on the feminist movement.
Trapped in the media glare, King and Riggs were on opposite sides of a binary argument, but off-court each was fighting more personal and complex battles. With a supportive husband urging her to fight the Establishment for equal pay, the fiercely private King was also struggling to come to terms with her own sexuality,...
- 5/16/2017
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Fox Searchlight Pictures has just released the trailer for the highly-anticipated historical comedy “The Battle of the Sexes,” which sees Emma Stone and Steve Carell literally go head-to-head as opponents in a world famous tennis match. The true story centers on the 1973 game between Billie Jean King (Stone) and Bobby Riggs (Carell) that took on a life of its own during the early innings of the feminist movement.
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Directed by Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton, (“Little Miss Sunshine,” “Ruby Sparks”), the film hits theaters on September 22, 2017. The film co-stars Elisabeth Shue, Alan Cumming and Sarah Silverman. Here’s the official synopsis:
The electrifying 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs was billed as ‘The Battle of the Sexes’ and became one of the most watched televised sports events of all time.
Read More: Michael Jackson Lifetime Biopic ‘Searching For Neverland’ Gets First Trailer — Watch
Directed by Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton, (“Little Miss Sunshine,” “Ruby Sparks”), the film hits theaters on September 22, 2017. The film co-stars Elisabeth Shue, Alan Cumming and Sarah Silverman. Here’s the official synopsis:
The electrifying 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs was billed as ‘The Battle of the Sexes’ and became one of the most watched televised sports events of all time.
- 5/16/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
1973. Billie Jean King was the World number one in tennis. Bobby Riggs was at the top of the game in the 40’s winning over six major titles. Riggs challenged King...
- 5/16/2017
- by Jazz Tangcay
- AwardsDaily.com
Exclusive: Diane Keaton and Jacki Weaver are set to star in Poms, a comedy about a group of women who form a cheerleading squad at their retirement community. Nick Meyer's Sierra/Affinity is producing, financing and handling international sales for the project and will shop it to buyers in Cannes this month. Acclaimed documentary helmer Zara Hayes, best known for her documentary The Battle of the Sexes, directs from a script written by Shane Atkinson based on a story by…...
- 5/5/2017
- Deadline
Exclusive: Us-uk production about a 60+ cheerleading squad is to be directed by The Battle Of The Sexes’ Zara Hayes.
Sierra/Affinity has come on board to finance and produce the grey pound/silver dollar comedy Poms, a Us-uk comedy about the Sun City Poms, America’s first cheerleading squad for women aged over 60.
Currently out to cast, the intriguing indie package will be directed by Zara Hayes (The Battle Of The Sexes) from a script written by Shane Atkinson.
Producers are Mad as Birds Films’ Ade Shannon, Celyn Jones, and Andy Evans; Rose Pictures’ Rose Ganguzza (Margin Call); and Sierra’s Kelly McCormick (The Coldest City).
Sierra/Affinity’s Nick Meyer and Marc Schaberg are executive producing the project while Josie Liang, Sierra/Affinity’s vice president of production and acquisitions, is overseeing the production for the company.
Hayes’ 2013 doc-biopic The Battle Of The Sexes (above) charted the events leading up to the 1973 tennis match between retired...
Sierra/Affinity has come on board to finance and produce the grey pound/silver dollar comedy Poms, a Us-uk comedy about the Sun City Poms, America’s first cheerleading squad for women aged over 60.
Currently out to cast, the intriguing indie package will be directed by Zara Hayes (The Battle Of The Sexes) from a script written by Shane Atkinson.
Producers are Mad as Birds Films’ Ade Shannon, Celyn Jones, and Andy Evans; Rose Pictures’ Rose Ganguzza (Margin Call); and Sierra’s Kelly McCormick (The Coldest City).
Sierra/Affinity’s Nick Meyer and Marc Schaberg are executive producing the project while Josie Liang, Sierra/Affinity’s vice president of production and acquisitions, is overseeing the production for the company.
Hayes’ 2013 doc-biopic The Battle Of The Sexes (above) charted the events leading up to the 1973 tennis match between retired...
- 7/27/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Washington, April 4: Will Ferrell has joined the cast of former Wimbledon champions Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King inspired film 'Match Maker', where he will star as Riggs.
According to Deadline.com, the film is based on an article that appeared in Espn The Magazine, titled 'The Match Maker: Bobby Riggs, The Mafia And The Battle Of The Sexes'.
The article focuses on a 1973 tennis match, where tennis star King, then 29, faced off against 55-year-old Riggs, and took him down.
The match had drawn 50 million TV viewers.
Steven Conrad of 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty' has been assigned to write the script..
According to Deadline.com, the film is based on an article that appeared in Espn The Magazine, titled 'The Match Maker: Bobby Riggs, The Mafia And The Battle Of The Sexes'.
The article focuses on a 1973 tennis match, where tennis star King, then 29, faced off against 55-year-old Riggs, and took him down.
The match had drawn 50 million TV viewers.
Steven Conrad of 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty' has been assigned to write the script..
- 4/4/2014
- by Ketali Mehta
- RealBollywood.com
Will Ferrell is no stranger to sports movies: he’s appeared in Semi-Pro, Blades Of Glory, Talladega Nights and Kicking & Screaming. Now he’s set to combine one of his real-life passions with a true tale and a comedy drama script for Match Maker.The project comes from Walter Mitty writer Steve Conrad, based on an article by Don Van Natta Jr. called The Match Maker: Bobby Riggs, The Mafia And The Battle Of The Sexes. It’ll chronicle the rivalry between former tennis pro Riggs and his 29-year-old opponent Billie Jean King, who hit the court for a legendary match in 1973 that - it was claimed - would establish if a female pro could ever beat a male in the sport. The event drew a huge audience of more than 50 million Americans, eager to see who would triumph.Ferrell would bring his own tennis skills to the court, with...
- 4/3/2014
- EmpireOnline
Following the release of "Trance," Danny Boyle has piling up potential next projects. "We're working on two period pieces at the moment, but they won't be like, 'Downton Abbey' period movies," the director told us last spring, teasing one was an adaptation of a book (which he wouldn't name), while the other is being written by John Hodge. Of course, there's also the long talked about "Trainspotting" sequel brewing, plus a feature take on the documentary "Smash And Grab." Now, you can add another one to the pile. The NY Post reports that Boyle has quietly started work on a biopic on famed tennis player Billie Jean King, with the film focusing on her legendary match against Bobby Riggs in 1973. Dubbed "The Battle Of The Sexes," the match found Riggs coming out of retirement at the age of 55 to play King in a best-of-five showdown (she had initially turned him down,...
- 2/19/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
The Act Of Killing | This Is The End | Despicable Me 2 | The East | Stories We Tell | Hummingbird | Stand Up Guys | Renoir | I Want Your Love | Night Of Silence | The Battle Of The Sexes | Venus And Serena
The Act Of Killing (15)
(Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012, Den/Nor/UK/Swe/Fin) 122 mins
This astounding documentary is so packed with surreal scenarios, casual corruption and inhumanity, it's difficult to believe it's actually true. It tracks down perpetrators of Indonesia's 60s anti-communist massacres, finding them openly unrepentant about their past atrocities; so much so, they're happy to re-enact them as cinematic scenarios. As well as illuminating modern Indonesia, the process says much about history, its representation and its victors.
This Is The End (15)
(Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen, 2013, Us) Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, James Franco, Jonah Hill. 107 mins
The apocalypse crashes James Franco's Hollywood house party, resulting in a enjoyably crude comedy that mixes stoner-buddy goofing...
The Act Of Killing (15)
(Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012, Den/Nor/UK/Swe/Fin) 122 mins
This astounding documentary is so packed with surreal scenarios, casual corruption and inhumanity, it's difficult to believe it's actually true. It tracks down perpetrators of Indonesia's 60s anti-communist massacres, finding them openly unrepentant about their past atrocities; so much so, they're happy to re-enact them as cinematic scenarios. As well as illuminating modern Indonesia, the process says much about history, its representation and its victors.
This Is The End (15)
(Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen, 2013, Us) Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, James Franco, Jonah Hill. 107 mins
The apocalypse crashes James Franco's Hollywood house party, resulting in a enjoyably crude comedy that mixes stoner-buddy goofing...
- 6/29/2013
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
The Battle Of The Sexes Trailer. James Erskine, Victoria Gregory‘s The Battle Of The Sexes (2013) movie trailer stars Billie Jean King, Bobby Riggs, Venus Williams, Serena Williams, and Maria Sharapova. The Battle Of The Sexes‘ plot synopsis: “A look at the events leading up to the 1973 tennis match between retired [...]
Continue reading: The Battle Of The Sexes (2013) Movie Trailer: Billie Jean King Documentary...
Continue reading: The Battle Of The Sexes (2013) Movie Trailer: Billie Jean King Documentary...
- 6/8/2013
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
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