An unique, sexually charged drama that is geared in direction of adults, led by promising younger actors, and directed by a filmmaker who’s confirmed ever extra fascinating with every new endeavor? “Challengers” is exactly the kind of flick we film aficionados have been begging studios to make extra of for years … which additionally means it should want all the assistance it might get on the field workplace. Fortunately, that is a method during which the film ought to truly profit from being postponed from its unique launch date in 2023. It is now going through far lighter competitors than it will have in its earlier slot — and with audiences more and more exhibiting indicators of franchise fatigue recently, that may simply be sufficient to forestall “Challengers” from flying below the radar.
Guadagnino is directing “Challengers” from a script by Justin Kuritzkes, who can be penning the director’s subsequent undertaking — a movie adaptation of the William S. Burroughs novel “Queer” starring Daniel Craig — and is married to “Previous Lives” filmmaker Celine Tune (discuss an inventive energy couple!). We’ll see what he and Guadagnino have provide you with when “Challengers” hits theaters on April 26, 2024.