Zendaya Serves Up Drama In A Love Triangle In New Challengers Trailer

The tennis sports romance has already been hailed as the "movie of the year" after the teaser debuted.

The wait is over – fans finally have a first-look at the sports flick Challengers.

On Tuesday, MGM dropped a trailer for the upcoming film. In the movie directed by Luca Guadagnino, Zendaya stars as Tashi, a tennis player turned wife and coach to a burnt-out tennis star Art (Mike Faist).

After Art suffers a losing streak, he’s forced to face off in a pivotal match against his childhood best friend and Tashi’s ex-boyfriend, Patrick (Josh O’Connor).

In the tense trailer, Tashi finds herself in the middle of a love triangle with the former tight-knit friends after the trio had been romantically involved as teens.

“Tensions run high on and off the court as old flames are reignited, competition builds, and love and careers hang in the balance; it’s anyone’s game,” the film’s synopsis reads.

The sports romance, which was first announced in February 2022, is swinging in excitement on Twitter, with many users already declaring it the “movie of the year”.

movie of the year incoming easily pic.twitter.com/G2lGmbyT5B

— sid ☆ challengers era (@zendayaismybaee) June 20, 2023

challengers about to be movie of the year luca guadagnino never misses

— nakia⁷ ❄️👼🏾 (@cpycatkiIIer) June 20, 2023

I officially declare CHALLENGERS as the hottest film of 2023 pic.twitter.com/WuvfYPdVna

— Matt Neglia @Tribeca (@NextBestPicture) June 20, 2023

MOVIE OF THE FUCKING YEAR DONT PLAY WITH ME pic.twitter.com/ylgQsYO4ox

— sid ☆ challengers era (@zendayaismybaee) June 20, 2023

CHALLENGERS. MOVIE EVENT OF THE YEAR! pic.twitter.com/ildySriCY8

— Aquarius’ Groove (Ricky’s Edition) (@monetsupremacy_) June 20, 2023

Challengers might’ve just shot way up on my most anticipated of the year list. What a trailer and what a cast. September 15th can’t come soon enough https://t.co/sfhEyO0ekn

— Connor (@ConnorMovies) June 20, 2023

In October, Guadagnino raved about working with Zendaya, who trained for months for the athletic role.

“She’s wonderful,” the director told Variety of the 26-year-old actor. “I mean, wow. We edited the movie and we almost actually don’t use any of her double. She’s so good.”

Challengers hits cinemas in September.

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