Challengers, Luca Guadagnino’s upcoming film, has finally released its first trailer and is amazing! The footage perfectly shows the complicated relationship of the leading trio. If reuniting with an ex is already complicated, doing it in the middle of a competition is a risk of high voltage. Ready?
Here we go!
Challengers trailer provides a look at Zendaya, who plays pro tennis player Tashi, and Josh O’Connor, who plays Patrick, her ex-boyfriend, in what’s being billed as a romantic sports comedy film.
Challengers will follow follows Tashi (Zendaya) and her husband, Art (Mike Faist), as they reunite with a former rival, Patrick (O’Connor) who also is Tashi’s former lover and best friend. Tashi convinces Art to enter the Challengers tennis tournament, but once Art learns he’ll be playing against Patrick, drama and major competition ensues.
Definitely, Challengers follows three players who knew each other when they were teenagers as they compete in a tennis tournament to be the world-famous grand slam winner and reignite old rivalries on and off the court. The movie is set to premiere this September 15.