New Trailer for Steve Carell and Emma Stone's 1970s Set Film BATTLE OF THE SEXES

Fox Searchlight Pictures has debuted a new international trailer for Steve Carell and Emma Stone's great looking new film Battle of the Sexes. It tells the wild true story of the infamous tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. This is a fascinating story and it looks like it will make for a fun and entertaining movie that will feature great performances by Carell and Stone.

The electrifying 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King (Stone) and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs (Carell) was billed as the Battle of the Sexes and became the most watched televised sports event of all time. The match caught the zeitgeist and sparked a global conversation on gender equality, spurring on the feminist movement. Trapped in the media glare, King and Riggs were on opposites sides of a binary argument, but off-court each was fighting more personal and complex battles. With a supportive husband urging her to fight the Establishment for equal pay, the fiercely private King was also struggling to come to terms with her own sexuality, while Riggs gambled his legacy and reputation in a bid to relive the glories of his past. Together, Billie and Bobby served up a cultural spectacle that resonated far beyond the tennis courts and animated the discussions between men and women in bedrooms and boardrooms around the world.

The movie comes from directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, who were behind the Oscar-winning film Little Miss Sunshine. The movie also stars Elisabeth Shue, Sarah Silverman, Alan Cumming, Andrea Riseborough , Eric Christian Olsen, Natalie Morales, Austin Stowell, Wallace Langham, Jessica McNamee, Mickey Sumner, and Bill Pullman.

Battle of the Sexes will be released in theaters on September 22.

Battle of the Sexes is in UK cinemas October 20. Starring, Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough, Sarah Silverman, Bill Pullman, Alan Cumming, Elisabeth Shue.

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