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New Battle Of The Sexes Trailer – Emma Stone’s Billie Jean King struggles with her sexuality as she takes on Steve Carell

June 24, 2017 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

The 2013 documentary The Battle Of The Sexes reignited interested in a moment in tennis history that electrified the US back in 1973. Indeed, the doc sparked rival movies to go into development, with Fox Searchlight backing one starring Emma Stone and Steve Carell, while HBO was planning their own movie about the event. While the latter doesn’t look like it’s happening anymore, the trailer for the former has now arrived.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘In the wake of the sexual revolution and the rise of the women’s movement, the 1973 tennis match between women’s World #1 Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) and ex-men’s-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) was billed as the BATTLE OF THE SEXES and became one of the most watched televised sports events of all time, reaching 90 million viewers around the world. As the rivalry between King and Riggs kicked into high gear, off-court each was fighting more personal and complex battles. The fiercely private King was not only championing for equality, but also struggling to come to terms with her own sexuality, as her friendship with Marilyn Barnett (Andrea Riseborough) developed. And Riggs, one of the first self-made media-age celebrities, wrestled with his gambling demons, at the expense of his family and wife Priscilla (Elisabeth Shue). Together, Billie and Bobby served up a cultural spectacle that resonated far beyond the tennis court, sparking discussions in bedrooms and boardrooms that continue to reverberate today.

BATTLE OF THE SEXES also stars Sarah Silverman (‘Masters of Sex’), Bill Pullman(The Equalizer) and Golden Globe® nominee Alan Cumming (‘The Good Wife’).’

The film is due out in the UK on October 20th. Take a look at the new trailer below. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Sarah Silverman, Andrea Riseborough, Eilisabeth Shue DIRECTORS: Valerie Faris, Jonathan Dayton FILMS: Battle Of The Sexes

Battle Of The Sexes Trailer – Emma Stone’s Billie Jean King struggles with her sexuality as she takes on Steve Carell

May 16, 2017 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Here’s the synopsis: ‘The electrifying 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) was billed as THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES and became one of the most watched televised sports events of all time. The match caught the zeitgeist and sparked a global conversation on gender equality, spurring on the feminist movement. Trapped in the media glare, King and Riggs were on opposite sides of a binary argument, but off-court each was fighting more personal and complex battles. With a supportive husband urging her to fight the Establishment for equal pay, the fiercely private King was also struggling to come to terms with her own sexuality, while Riggs gambled his legacy and reputation in a bid to relive the glories of his past. Together, Billie and Bobby served up a cultural spectacle that resonated far beyond the tennis courts and animated the discussions between men and women in bedrooms and boardrooms around the world.’

The film is due out in the US in September, with a November UK release planned. Take a look at the trailer below. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Emma Stone, Steve Carell DIRECTORS: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris FILMS: Battle Of The Sexes

Brie Larson Will Be Billie Jean King In Battle of the Sexes Movie

September 19, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

The battle of the Battle Of The Sexes movies continues with Variety revealing that Brie Larson has replaced Emma Stone in a planned film about the infamous tennis match between the legendary Billie Jean King and misogynist Bobby Riggs.

The film is one of two movies about the event in the works, with HBO planning one starring Elizabeth Banks and Paul Giamatti, while Fox Searchlight is behind the one with Larson as King and Steve Carell as Riggs.

Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire) wrote the script. Previously Danny Boyle was set to direct, but it now appears he’ll produce with Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine) helming.

The film will be set in the early 70s, when former male World Number 1 tennis played and self-proclaimed chauvinist Bobby Riggs’ declared that the female game was inferior and that a top woman player couldn’t beat him even at the age of 55. He then challenged the already legendary female player Billie Jean King to a match, but she declined.

However Margaret Court, who was then the top female player in the world, took on the challenge, but lost to Bobby in straight sets, seemingly confirming Riggs’ claims. King wasn’t going to stand for that and agreed to play Bobby in what became a nationally televised media sensation.

It was an important time in King’s life for another reason too, as for the first time she’d relatively recently become involved in a relationship with a woman, even though she was still married to a man at the time.

These aren’t the only Battle Of The Sexes movies in the works either, as Will Ferrell has previously been reported to be working on a comedy version where he’ll play Bobby Riggs. However there hasn’t been any news on that film for some time.

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ACTORS: Brie Larson, Steve Carell DIRECTORS: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris, Danny Boyle

Ruby Sparks Trailer – Paul Dano creates a woman!

April 20, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

It’s ridiculous that it’s taken six years for Little Miss Sunshine directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris to make a follow-up movie, but finally Ruby Sparks is on its way and the first trailer has been released. In the film Calvin (Paul Dano) is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby (Zoe Kazan), in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person. It hits US cinemas in July, but no UK date is currently set.

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ACTORS: Paul Dano DIRECTORS: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris FILMS: Ruby Sparks