MGM on Tuesday dropped the official trailer for Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers, his new movie starring Zendaya as a tennis prodigy-turned-coach. The love triangle movie, which also stars West Side Story‘s Mike Faist and The Crown‘s Josh O’Conner, hits theaters September 15.
Zendaya plays Tashi Duncan, a force of nature who makes no apologies for her game on and off the court. Married to a champion, Art (Faist), on a losing streak, Tashi’s strategy for her husband’s redemption takes a surprising turn when he must face off against the washed-up Patrick (O’Connor) – his former best friend and Tashi’s former boyfriend.
As their pasts and presents collide, and tensions run high, Tashi must ask herself, what will it cost to win.
The trailer unfolds the trio’s story from an at-times steamy relationship (the film is rated R) in their younger years to the present, when Tashi’s gameplan is threatened by their past.
Justin Kuritzkes wrote the screenplay for the film, which is being produced by Amy Pascal, Guadagnino, Zendaya and Rachel O’Connor. Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross did the music.
Zendaya will be on the big screen plenty in the fall, with Dune: Part Two scheduled to hit theaters November 3.
Watch the Challengers trailer above. Here’s another still from the film below:
Zendaya as Tashi in ‘Challengers’
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