With an Academy Award in her duffle bag, Emma Stone is set to take to the tennis court alongside Steve Carell in “Battle of the Sexes,” Fox Searchlight’s comedy based on the famous 1973 match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs.
The trailer features Carell as a slick, quick-talking Riggs who comes with the idea to play King for one last chance at glory.King, meanwhile, has become known as the best player in women’s tennis as well as one of the most prominent feminists in the world. The match becomes a flashpoint for gender debates, but for Riggs and King, there are also personal stakes. While Riggs plays the role of the chauvinist heel to grab the public’s attention for both the match and himself, King deals with her own personal struggle with her sexuality and her changing relationship with her husband, Larry King (Austin Stowell).
Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (“Little Miss Sunshine”), the film also stars Andrea Riseborough, Elisabeth Shue, and Sarah Silverman. “Slumdog Millionaire” writer Simon Beaufoy penned the script, with Danny Boyle, Christian Colson, and Robert Graf producing.
“Battle of the Sexes” hits theaters September 22. Watch the trailer in the clip above.
13 Summer Movie Trailers We Love, From 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' to 'The Beguiled' (Videos)
"Spider-Man: Homecoming"
Marvel and Sony saved their best trailer for last as this one prominently features Tom Holland's MCU Spider-Man, Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man, and Michael Keaton's Vulture in all their glory.
"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2"
"I'm your dad Peter," says Kurt Russell's Ego to Chris Pratt's Star-Lord in the last trailer -- solving one of the biggest fanboy mysteries of recent years. Also, scene stealer Baby Groot.
"Wonder Woman"
It took 75 years for DC Comics' Amazonian Warrior to headline her own feature. Gal Gadot stars as Diana/Wonder Woman in a standalone film that shows us her origin, featuring Chris Pine as Steve Trevor.
"Snatched"
The red-band trailer for the Amy Schumer-Goldie Hawn comedy is full of inappropriate jokes, romance and, well -- an unexpected kidnapping. Hawn is back on screen after 15 years.
"The Mummy"
Tom Cruise stumbles upon a mummy of a beautiful woman who was chosen to be Egypt's next queen, but she was thrwarted in her unquenchable thirst for power. And that ancient power is now back.
"Atomic Blonde"
The restricted trailer for "Atomic Blonde" is literally just two full minutes of Charlize Theron kicking a--. Which makes this one of the most anticipated action movies of the summer.
"Baywatch"
The trailer for Paramount's "Baywatch" sports the hottest lifeguards in the world: Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Kelly Rohrbach and Alexandra Daddario. It is hilarious, sexy, and at the end, cringeworthy.
"Baby Driver"
The trailer for Edgar Wright's "Baby Driver" runs on all cylinders, giving us a great look at Ansel Elgort's getaway driver, with the unlikely name of Baby, set to an even cooler soundtrack.
"Despicable Me 3"
The minions are back! And Gru (and his twin brother Dru) are ready for one last heist.
"Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets"
From the legendary director of classics like "The Professional," "Lucy," and "The Fifth Element," Luc Besson seems to have another sci-fi winner with this longtime passion project.
"The Beguiled"
The trailer for Sofia Coppola's newest film features Kirsten Dunst, Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning as three women in an all-girls school who let in a wounded soldier. Soon, lust and jealousy take over.
"A Ghost Story"
Casey Affleck’s white-sheeted ghost is unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the woman he loves slowly slip away. In his spectral state, he embarks on a journey through memory and history, exploring the meaning of human existence. It's beautiful.
"Dunkirk"
Chris Nolan wants to “give the audience the most visceral experiential two hours that they can hope for,” Nolan said of his World War II epic, which is based on the true story of the thousands of Allied soldiers who were trapped and surrounded by the German army on the beach of Dunkirk, France.
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"Spider-Man: Homecoming"
Marvel and Sony saved their best trailer for last as this one prominently features Tom Holland's MCU Spider-Man, Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man, and Michael Keaton's Vulture in all their glory.
