‘Challengers’: Read The Screenplay That Takes Big Swings With Its Tennis Love Triangle
deadline.comDeadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind the awards season’s most talked-about movies continues with Challengers, Amazon MGM Studios’ sports drama from director Luca Guadagnino and written by Justin Kuritzkes, the duo that would who would go on to team on this year’s Daniel Craig-starrer Queer.
Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist star in Challengers, a nonlinear story focusing on a complex throuple that the audience watches like a thrilling, head-turning rally.
The film, which was due to premiere the 2023 Venice Film Festival before being hampered by the SAG-AFTRA strike, bowed in April of this year and has grossed $96 million at the worldwide box office.
It has since scored a Critics Choice nomination for the screenplay, and is up for four Golden Globes including Best Picture – Comedy or Musical and Best Peformance for a Female Actor for Zendaya.
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