Even if you, the reader, don’t have a clue about the subject matter, you can always tell when the writer doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Okay, maybe nobody cares about that except me. Let’s cover the biggest question on everyone’s mind: Was the tennis stuff accurate? It’s two former best friends committed to destroying each other out of pure hate. This is not the number 7 player in the world playing number 207. This makes their present-day match all the more compelling, as talent and skill go out the window. And we see this strange entanglement of the three until Art and Patrick begin to detest each other. We see Tashi experience a devastating injury in college that kills her career in an instant. We watch as Art starts to undermine Patrick in an attempt to date Tashi himself. We watch as both Tashi and Art go to Stanford and become good friends. We learn that Patrick, who decides against college and joins the tour, starts dating Tashi. We’ll play a little of the match, then jump into the past for a while, before coming back again.Įach time, we learn something new about the relationship and the players. This is the structure we’ll be following. The script then jumps back to the present day, where we’re a little further along in the match. There’s an instant connection between the three. And that’s where they meet Tashi, who’s better than both of them. Open doubles championships together and facing off in the singles final. Art and Patrick were the toasts of the junior boys’ world, winning the junior U.S.
That’s because, as we’re about to find out, there’s a LOT of history between these three.įlash back nearly 20 years ago when the three were juniors. Watching the match is 33 year old Tashi Donaldson, Art’s hard-nosed wife and coach, who seems very into this tiny nothing match where the winner only gets $7000. The best player in the world is playing a tiny Challenger because he’s coming off an injury, needs his confidence back, and therefore wants some cupcake wins leading up to the U.S. Our story opens on the beginning of a tennis match between 6-time Grand Slam champion, 33 year old, Art Donaldson, and 32 year old tennis journeyman, Patrick Zweig, playing the finals of a Challenger (low-level) tournament in the middle of nowhere. Let us find out together, if this is finally the first good tennis screenplay. The pieces indicate literally ANYTHING is possible. I am soooooooo so so so very interested in if this script is actually good. But since then, I’ve fallen in love with Euphoria, and now consider myself a Zendaya fan. Four months ago I wouldn’t have cared about that. A legit good tennis movie that focuses on tennis has not happened yet.Īdding some spice to the dish is that Zendaya is starring. It’s a movie about a crazy dad who turns his daughters into tennis players. In fact, tennis movies still have an 0-19 track record in cinema.Īnd yes, I’m including King Richard, which I don’t consider to be a tennis movie. And even when they do – Woody Allen – the movie isn’t any good. Well respected critically acclaimed directors don’t typically direct tennis movies. In this case, I’m insanely curious because it’s a tennis script……… directed by Luca Guadagnino. So when a tennis script comes around, I’m more curious than usual. To give you a peek behind the curtain, I had the Miami Open on Tennis Channel playing, literally, on a loop, all last week. And anybody who knows me, knows I’m a tennis guy. This time, however, I know a little about the script.
I do this so I can judge every script equally. All the stuff you read in the “About” section is usually research I do after I’ve read the script. I have no idea who wrote them or where they came from. And I love tennis so I’m here for it! The writer is brand new.ĭetails: 128 pages (lots of dialogue, though, so it doesn’t read that long) Premise: Two former best friends, at opposite ends of their sport’s success spectrum, take each other on in a match for the ages in front of the woman they both love.Ībout: Big one here! Zendaya in a tennis movie! With “Call Me By Your Name” director Luca Guadagnino directing! That may be the most unorthodox trio of elements (Zendaya, tennis, Luca Guadagnino) I’ve ever seen in a project.
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