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The fallout from the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strikes makes its way to the tennis court as MGM’s

Challengers defaults to 2024. The sports drama starring Zendaya is moving to 2024.The fallout from the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike makes its way to the tennis court as MGM’s sports drama Challengers defaults to 2024. Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist were scheduled to star in Luca Guadagnino’s R rated film, which was originally set to premiere at the Venice Film Festival on September 15. The strike timeline is uncertain and the film will now be released on

April 26th, 2024. In addition to postponing the film’s release, the Venice premiere is no longer happening.Part of the reason for the Challengers’ delay is that Zendaya, who has a 200M social media outreach, cannot promote the film during the strike. Her popularity on Instagram and other platforms will boost the film’s visibility, as it will reach the target demographic for the steamy sport drama. To put things into perspective,

garnered 150M global views in its first 24 hours. Talk about the film ignited 320 stateside conversations after the trailer was the most-viewed for an original movie in 24 hours.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uweUPAh2s38Challengers 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. Tashi must ask herself, what will it cost to win? As their pasts and present collide, tensions run high. As their pasts and presents collide, and tensions run high, Tashi must ask herself, what will it cost to win?According to the film’s official logline, Challengers

follows “three players who knew each other when they were teenagers as they compete in a tennis tournament to be the world-famous grand slam winner and reignite old rivalries on and off the court.”Guadagnino says Zendaya trained with tennis coach and former player Brad Gilbert for three months. Zendaya spent three months with Brad Gilbert, a former tennis player and coach, to improve her skills. She learned to track a ball with pinpoint accuracy and to smash any challenge. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross composed the film’s score, adding tension and drama to the backdrop of this steamy love story.Luca Guadagnino’s

Challengers

will take the court on April 26, 2024.

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