A Truly Toxic Relationship with Tennis...and each other - Challengers Review

Challengers is a 2024 American romantic sports drama film directed by Luca Guadagnino from a screenplay by Justin Kuritzkes. It follows a professional tennis champion (Mike Faist) who plots a comeback with the help of his wife (Zendaya), a former tennis prodigy who retired after an injury, as he goes up against another player (Josh O'Connor), who also happens to be his former best friend and wife's former lover.
After being delayed from its initial September 2023 release date and pulled out from its slot as the opening film of the 80th Venice International Film Festival due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, Challengers premiered in Sydney, Australia, on March 26, 2024, and was released in the United States by Amazon MGM Studios on April 26, 2024.
Cast
Zendaya as Tashi Duncan
Josh O'Connor as Patrick Zweig
Mike Faist as Art Donaldson
Darnell Appling as New Rochelle Final Umpire
AJ Lister as Lily Donaldson
Nada Despotovich as Tashi's mother
Naheem Garcia as Tashi's father
Hailey Gates as Helen
Jake Jensen as Finn Larsen
Production
Development
It was announced in February 2022 that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer had landed the film, which Luca Guadagnino directed and Zendaya, Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist cast to star. Zendaya also served as a producer on the film. In a 2022 interview with Collider, Guadagnino cited Kuritzkes' screenplay, Amy Pascal, and Zendaya as inspirations for making the film.
Filming
Principal photography began on May 3, 2022, in Boston, where a casting call took place for local residents to audition to play tennis players, general extras, and stand-ins. In preparation for their roles, Zendaya, Faist, and O’Connor spent three months training with pro-tennis player-turned-coach Brad Gilbert. Gilbert was also a consultant on the film. Filming occurred in and around the Back Bay and East Boston neighborhoods. Sayombhu Mukdeeprom served as cinematographer. Jonathan Anderson, creative director of Spanish luxury brand Loewe, served as costume designer. Filming wrapped on June 26, 2022.
Post-production
Guadagnino visited Zendaya on the set of Dune: Part Two in order to complete ADR for Challengers. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross composed the film's score, having previously worked with Guadagnino on 2022's Bones and All. Post-production was completed by April 2023.

[@shawnlewis5133]

I think I was missing the point.This was a 3 sum meaning.The two men are also slightly aroused by each other

[@under-developed3940]

we think more than just slightly tbh