Challengers
Release Date: April 26 (in theaters)
Stars: Zendaya, Mike Faist, Josh O’Connor
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Another strike-delayed release from 2023—and potential awards contender—Challengers stars Zendaya as a former tennis all-star-turned-coach forced to re-open old emotional wounds when her champion player and husband plays opposite her ex-boyfriend. Audiences have never seen a love triangle put through the lens of this sport before, and if anyone can deliver on the steamy twists and turns promised in the film’s trailer, it’s Call Me By Your Name director Guadagnino. [Phil Pirrello]
