Challengers might have been snubbed by the Academy Awards and tonight’s SAG Awards, but nevertheless the pulsing sports drama was definitely on some attendees’ minds — namely, that of The Good Place alums Ted Danson and William Jackson Harper, who engaged in their own jostling love triangle competing…

The votes are in for the 2025 Dorian Awards nominations. GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics said today that Neon’s Anora, Amazon MGM Studios’ Challengers, A24’s I Saw the TV Glow, Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM’s Nickel Boys and Mubi’s The Substance will battle it out for Film of the…

Deadline's Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind the awards season’s most talked-about movies continues with Challengers, Amazon MGM Studios’ sports drama from director Luca Guadagnino and written by Justin Kuritzkes, the duo that would who would go on to team on this year’s…

"I think we celebrate in this industry great scripts after they become great movies through our award system, which is inherently complex and political and commercial anyway," screenwriter Julia Cox said of the work of writers last night on the Deadline X Black List 20th Celebration panel. "So…

Amy Pascal started off today with news of a Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical Golden Globes nomination for producing Challengers, which got four nominations overall, a nice feat since it came out nine months ago and is still being celebrated as a…

Emmy Award-winner Zendaya will receive the Gotham Awards' Spotlight Tribute at the 34th edition early next month for her performance as Tashi Donaldson in the Luca Guadagnino-directed film Challengers.  The honor was created by the indie-centric Gotham Film & Media Institute "to recognize…

"I'll tell you the moment I knew that Luca [Guadagnino] was the perfect director for this," Challengers writer Justin Kuritzkes said. "He had just read the script and we were talking on the phone and Luca said, 'I know next to nothing about tennis but I know a great deal about desire.'" At a…

Deadline's 2024 Contenders Film: Los Angeles, an annual daylong awards-season kickoff event, hosted stars and talent of films competing for the top honors during the upcoming awards season. The event featured 21 movies from various film studios, with actors, directors and more attending panels hosted at the…

Challengers, Luca Guadagnino’s tennis romance drama starring Zendaya, Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor, will begin streaming on Prime Video on September 19, according to the Prime Video site. The date was posted on Prime Video, with the note “Coming to Prime in 8 days”. (Prime Video dates sometimes…

After debuting early last weekend, Universal’s The Fall Guy expanded to 78 overseas markets during its sophomore session, adding $25.4M for a running total of $36.9M at the international box office. That's in line with Bullet Train and above The Lost City at the same point in release. Globally, the…

Luca Guadagnino believes filmgoers will endorse his Zendaya movie Challengers because it delivers "a canon of Hollywood golden age comedy – seductive fun with queerness." The movie's “big sell” is a shot of Zendaya, Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor kissing o…

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details about Challengers. Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers opened at the top of the U.S. box office, and one scene from the movie went viral on social media. The particular scene involves Josh O’Connor’s Patrick and Mike Faist’s Art eating churros. At…