Fox Searchlight has released the trailer and poster for the upcoming comedy Battle of the Sexes, which takes a look at one of the most watched sporting events of all time- the 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs.
The film is directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine) and stars Emma Stone as King and Steve Carell as Riggs.
Battle of the Sexes opens in theaters September 22nd.
The electrifying 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) was billed as THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES and became one of the most watched televised sports events 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 opposite 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.
