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Zendaya not only stars in Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers but is also a producer in the film written by Justin Kuritzkes. At the LA premiere, the film’s star talked to Deadline about working with Guadagnino in the movie, which she co-stars in with Josh O’Connor and Mike…

In Challengers, Luca Guadagnino serves up a film that is as much about the volleys of human emotion as it is about the physical rallies on the tennis court. Starring Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist and penned by Justin Kuritzkes, the film…

Zendaya set a high bar with her thematic, futuristic looks during the Dune: Part Two press tour earlier this year. Fans of that sartorial achievement will be happy to know she hasn’t missed a step with her red carpet “method dressing” for director Luca Guadagnino’s tennis-themed Challengers. Scroll through the photos…

In an interview accompanying this month’s Vogue cover story, Zendaya holds forth on her ambitions, growing up in the spotlight and playing the relatable everygirl despite never having gone to high school. The contrasts between her initial Disney TV on-screen persona, her reality growing up and the…

Zendaya staves off two eager suitors, Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist, in a new clip Amazon/MGM has shared for Luca Guadagnino's latest Challengers.  The film, set for a theatrical release on April 26, follows Tashi Duncan (Zendaya), a former tennis prodigy turned coach and a force of nature who makes…

Zendaya is about to take her image and shake it up, judging from the steamy second trailer for her new film. Challengers stars Zendaya as Tashi Duncan, a former tennis prodigy turned coach and a force of nature who makes no apologies for her game on and off the court. Married to a champion on a…

Zendaya has revealed the first poster for Luca Guadagnino’s tennis drama Challengers. Zendaya stars as Tashi, a tennis prodigy-turned-coach in the love triangle movie, which also stars West Side Story's Mike Faist and The Crown's Josh O'Conner. Tashi Duncan is a force of nature who makes no…

Luca Guadagnino is putting a brave face on the sudden pulling last month of new movie Challengers from the prestigious opening slot of the Venice Film Festival, after the actors' strike grounded its U.S. cast led by Zendaya. The Venice regular – who won its Best Director award in 2022 for Bones And Al…

Another 2023 theatrical release gets moved due to the SAG-AFTRA strike as MGM is pushing the Zendaya-led tennis romance Challengers to April 26. The R-rated pic from director Luca Guadagnino was scheduled to open stateside on September 15, working off the heat of its Venice Film Festival opening-night…

Zendaya tennis drama Challengers has become a high-profile casualty of the SAG-AFTRA strike with confirmation that its Venice Film Festival world premiere has been cancelled. The film has also moved off its September 15 U.S. release date and will now launch next spring instead. The movie was due…

On the edge of what is bound to be the domestic box office’s third $200M+ weekend thanks to Barbie and Oppenheimer, the motion picture industry’s fret is whether the great post-pandemic moviegoing rebound is about to screech to a halt due to the SAG-AFTRA strike and actors prohibited from promoting. B…

The Venice Film Festival will open with the world premiere of Luca Guadagnino’s latest pic Challengers. The film will be screened Out of Competition on Wednesday, August 30, in the Sala Grande at the Palazzo del Cinema (Lido di Venezia), on the opening night of the 80th Venice Film…