Directed by the visionary filmmaker Luca Guadagnino, Challengers captures the complicated relationship between a former tennis protégé Tashi Duncan, her husband Art (Mike Faist), and his former best friend and Tashi’s ex-boyfriend Patrick (Josh O’Connor).

After a major injury derails Tashi’s own tennis career, she turns to coaching and helps Art become a Grand Slam champion. Once he finds himself in a rut, she decides to sign him up for a low-level Challenger event, but things get tricky when he must face Patrick in the final.

Challengers premiered on April 26 to positive reviews, and it’s serving all the right moves at the box office. It grossed $15 million in North America during its opening weekend, a pretty impressive number for an R-rated original film, in addition to collecting another $10 million in other territories.

Challengers owes its box office success to both its amazing marketing campaign and the lack of competition in theatres this week. It made $6.2 million on its first day alone and scored the highest opening of Zendaya’s career for an original, non-IP film.

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This dramatic thriller will be set in the world of academia and centers on a college professor who finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads. Dark secrets from her past are slowly coming to light after a star pupil levels an accusation against one of her colleagues.

Nora Garrett wrote the script for this project, and she’ll executive produce it alongside Imagine Entertainment’s Karen Lunder. Brian Grazer and Allan Mandelbaum are producing the film for Imagine alongside Guadagnino.

Amazon MGM Studios landed this hot package, after collaborating with Guadagnino on his upcoming tennis drama Challengers starring Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, and Mike Faist. MGM will mark its centennial anniversary with its release on April 16.

After the Hunt marks Robert’s first lead role since Sam Esmail’s Leave the World Behind co-starring Mahershala Ali and Ethan Hawke. This psychological thriller became quite a hit since premiering on Netflix last year and currently occupies the fifth spot on the streamer’s list of the most popular films in English of all time.

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So it only makes sense that two of cinema’s favorite lovebirds find themselves there.

We were introduced to Elio and Oliver when Call Me By Your Name was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film in 2017.

So adored was the feature, that many have hoped for a sequel — including its stars, Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer.

Director Luca Guadagnino has now discussed the possibility of CMBYN 2, which he says may be set in Paris.

“I’m asking myself if in the new chapter of the life of Elio, Oliver, and the Perlman family we should let them pass by Crema or not… but I don’t think so,” the filmmaker told Bad Taste.

“Let’s give a small scoop: the sequel (but I don’t like to call it a sequel, their story is a ‘cycle’) will take place in Paris. And it begins with Elio crying. With this light shining into his eyes… and we wonder: are we still where we left him (in front of the fireplace)? No: he’s crying because he’s watching the ending of one of the best movies of the eighties, Paul Vecchiali’s masterpiece Once More. Absolutely consistent with the character: Elio loves Paul Vecchiali’s cinema… that is melancholic like him.”

Let’s hope that Guadagnino’s vision comes to fruition.

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Directed by the visionary filmmaker Luca Guadagnino, Challengers captures the complicated relationship between a former tennis protégé Tashi Duncan, her husband Art (Mike Faist), and his former best friend and Tashi’s ex-boyfriend Patrick (Josh O’Connor).

After a major injury derails Tashi’s own tennis career, she turns to coaching and helps Art become a Grand Slam champion. Once he finds himself in a rut, she decides to sign him up for a low-level Challenger event, but things get tricky when he must face Patrick in the final.

Challengers premiered on April 26 to positive reviews, and it’s serving all the right moves at the box office. It grossed $15 million in North America during its opening weekend, a pretty impressive number for an R-rated original film, in addition to collecting another $10 million in other territories.

Challengers owes its box office success to both its amazing marketing campaign and the lack of competition in theatres this week. It made $6.2 million on its first day alone and scored the highest opening of Zendaya’s career for an original, non-IP film.

The post “Challengers” Tops Domestic Box Office With $15 Million Opening appeared first on thestarsworldwide.com.

This dramatic thriller will be set in the world of academia and centers on a college professor who finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads. Dark secrets from her past are slowly coming to light after a star pupil levels an accusation against one of her colleagues.

Nora Garrett wrote the script for this project, and she’ll executive produce it alongside Imagine Entertainment’s Karen Lunder. Brian Grazer and Allan Mandelbaum are producing the film for Imagine alongside Guadagnino.

Amazon MGM Studios landed this hot package, after collaborating with Guadagnino on his upcoming tennis drama Challengers starring Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, and Mike Faist. MGM will mark its centennial anniversary with its release on April 16.

After the Hunt marks Robert’s first lead role since Sam Esmail’s Leave the World Behind co-starring Mahershala Ali and Ethan Hawke. This psychological thriller became quite a hit since premiering on Netflix last year and currently occupies the fifth spot on the streamer’s list of the most popular films in English of all time.

The post Julia Roberts to Star in Luca Guadagnino’s Next Film “After the Hunt” appeared first on thestarsworldwide.com.

So it only makes sense that two of cinema’s favorite lovebirds find themselves there.

We were introduced to Elio and Oliver when Call Me By Your Name was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film in 2017.

So adored was the feature, that many have hoped for a sequel — including its stars, Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer.

Director Luca Guadagnino has now discussed the possibility of CMBYN 2, which he says may be set in Paris.

“I’m asking myself if in the new chapter of the life of Elio, Oliver, and the Perlman family we should let them pass by Crema or not… but I don’t think so,” the filmmaker told Bad Taste.

“Let’s give a small scoop: the sequel (but I don’t like to call it a sequel, their story is a ‘cycle’) will take place in Paris. And it begins with Elio crying. With this light shining into his eyes… and we wonder: are we still where we left him (in front of the fireplace)? No: he’s crying because he’s watching the ending of one of the best movies of the eighties, Paul Vecchiali’s masterpiece Once More. Absolutely consistent with the character: Elio loves Paul Vecchiali’s cinema… that is melancholic like him.”

Let’s hope that Guadagnino’s vision comes to fruition.

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