Luca Guadagnino’s “Challengers”, starring Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist trailer is here!!!

No—they cut to her tennis body double a bit too late each time. When it is her in the shot she looks like shit. She couldn’t even fake a forehand if her life depended on it.

R1 ummm sure. Anyway.

Josh O’Connor looks amazing in this and his American accent is PHENOMENAL

Wow this actually looks pretty good. I think it will be a good salacious time, and definitely something different from Zendaya, who looks beautiful here.

Will Josh’s peen be making another appearance?

My Policeman walked so Challengers could run.

My Policeman was a gay love story. This isn’t.

R5 doubtful since he’s playing an American and he’s uncut. They always make sure a guy is cut if there will be frontal nudity and he’s playing an American.

[quote]Omg I can’t wait to watch!!!!

Well, it doesn't come out until September 15, so...

R9 about 3 months away. I’m excited. Something to look forward to.

I have never been more jealous of Zendaya in my life

Lmao people are mocking Tom Holland and saying you just know he was on set everyday watching her film etc. lol. And it’s TRUE! He stayed with her in Boston as they filmed this 💀

Lmao

I have a crush on Mike Faist. He was robbed of an Oscar nomination for West Side Story.

Is Josh basically coming out as bi?

R15 how so? This is a movie. Not a documentary. He is starring in the movie. Also the guys aren’t in love with each other. They’re teenage best friends who both fall for Zendaya. Later on she marries Mike Faist but starts an affair with Josh behind Mike’s back.

And worst performance by an actress pretending to be a tennis player goes to…

R17 Emma Stone

R14 Totally agree. I actually think he should have been cast as Tony…Ansel couldn’t compare on any level (singing, dancing or acting) and looked like a dud next to him.

Zendaya and Josh Big Dick O'Connor? Even if it's trash, I'm watching! Love those two.

It’s a tie?!

Just watched the trailer. I don't know what's going on, but I love that this feels like a real movie. No heros and shit, just a sexy adult story.

R19 be would be a terrible Tony as far as appearance goes. No.

OP you reply to yourself a lot.

Eurotrash Threesome?

There’s no way this isn’t a coded gay love story. I’m not saying it’s gonna end with a big ol' Y Tu Mama Tambien-style ménage, but the vibe is certainly gonna be there.

Luca as a gay director likes inserting some queerness into his movies. Bones and All had a gay scene in it, I'm sure this will as well.

It isn’t a gay story. Why can’t you accept that?

Fellas is it gay to have a threeway with Zendaya if you only make light erotic eye contact with each other during it

Josh lost some baby fat and gained some muscle. Gorgeous.

This looks like it’s gonna be entertaining. Happy to see an adult drama being released.

Hmm. Zendaya is a lez and is not believable to me as a sex symbol for men. Maybe if the other tennis players were women, like Taylor Swift and Brie Larson.

Better yet, drop Zendaya from the movie completely. The men have more sexual chemistry with each other.

Men love Zendaya.

I'm just excited to see a normal movie getting a wide release. No CGI, no cartoons or comic books. No mult-verses.

[quote]starring Zendaya

They need to stop trying to make this person happen.

You need to stop making "they need to stop trying to make Zendaya happen" happen.

R35 trying? She’s already a huge star and has been for years

Pure, strait forward, TRASH.

I'm in!

This should be interesting. This is really the first time in the post Covid era that Zendaya will have to sell a project on her name alone and without assistance from Spider-Man or Dune franchises.

Who are the men who love Zendaya? Law Roach types?

This will get me into the theaters!

The guy who wrote this movie is married to Celine Song, who just wrote/directed the film "Past Lives." Previously, she was most known for her production of "The Seagull" staged in the computer game The Sim, while previously he was most known as the creator of the below viral video from 2011. Interesting glow-up for both.

Sorry, let me try that again.

Agree this will be a real test if Zendaya’s ability to open a movie. She’s trying to be sexy but she’s no Rihanna.

Does she play a woman who likes two cocks? That’s some real acting for her.

Love Zendaya, she’s gorgeous! You Z haters are way too obvious in what motivates you, sad.

I've been disappointed with everything Luca's made, so this shouldn't be an exception.

I hope it’s good but it’s weird they had to explain “years later” in the trailer, which tells the entire plot.

Did they DP her ?

Only bi guys have threesome with another guy

I don’t see her as sexual at all, just like her beard Tom Holland.

Poor Tom Holland. Gotta be hard for him knowing his girlfriend has the better career.

How many Luca flops is it gonna take for studios to notice?

Holland is comically tiny and looks ridiculous next to long and lithe Zendaya. He needs to find a midget to beard with. This is a bizarre pairing.

I feel bad for Tom. He seems depressed because all his non-Spider-Man movies or TV projects are bombs.

Tom just needs some good dick

Since they gave away the entire plot …

I don’t care, do you!

Talking of stars, I see a major issue in Hollywood, we are lacking leading men. The only other leading man with enough non-Marvel star power is Timothy C. He's already with Zendaya in Dune, so it feels like Hollywood had no other options. The leading men were already struggling before COVID, no it's glaring obvious that we are missing tall leads.

I have no shade for Josh and Mike. Love em both, but they are like B and C tier actors, playing next to an A+ list Zendaya. Does this seem odd to anyone else. Back in the day, read 10 years or so, a movie like this would have two household names play against Zendaya.

I think this will be a good movie, and that's what really counts, but Hollywood needs to find their leading men.

Paul Mascal, but old to play high school (but so are Z, Josh, and Mike) with her Euphoria co-star Jacob Elordi (has the length to be a tennis player) would be a great pairing. Or Jacob and Joe Alwyn would have been good choices as well.

R58: All of the Timothy C's non Dune movies have been bombs.

Sure, but people still know who he is. Maybe not those over 40, but he's the biggest male household name under 30, that isn't a Marvel studio creation, that I can think of.

Liam Hemsworth could have been another decent option. But none of these folks can pull of teenager so that is a lead of faith no matter the guy they pick. Where did all the male movie star actors go?

Well he may not be a Marvel creation but he’s definitely the product of ass kissing PR. He’s more media hype as opposed to having an actual fan base.

[quote]A+ list Zendaya.

Sure, Jan.

r61 I think he has fans, but then again, I'm not sure if anyone has the type of fans to sit down in a movie theater. Characters, like Barbie! have fans, but actual actors, naw. That era feels done.

I don’t think Timothee could play an athletic person. He’s a shrimp with no muscles. And he has not led a movie that only relied on his acting. Dune was SciFi and a large cast. He’s no Al Pacino.

I do agree there are no more movie stars, unless they play themselves (Ryan Reynolds or The Rock). Even Margot Robbie is generic.

This movie looks like they are hoping Zendaya will bring in mainstream audiences. The trailer implies there is homosexual and bisexual activity. Good luck

This looks really good. Sometimes the right soundtrack can elevate a trailer, but I like the cast. This looks like a modern take on that 90's film Threesome, with Stephen Baldwin, Lara Flynn Boyle, and Josh Charles. That movie has some pleasant nostalgia. I'm excited for this. Both Josh O'Connor and Zendaya are not afraid to push the envelope with their sexuality nor nudity. Thanks for posting this. I definitely will watch it.

Zendaya has never been nude in any of her projects. Hollywood already paid her crazy amounts for Spider Man, so she won't be taking any $2 million tit flash deals like Halle Berry.

That's fine, R66. It's not her nudity that I am exited about. I wonder what the collective price would be for double vag.

The first movie by Luca Guadagnino that I look forward to seeing.

[quote]I have no shade for Josh and Mike. Love em both, but they are like B and C tier actors, playing next to an A+ list Zendaya. Does this seem odd to anyone else. Back in the day, read 10 years or so, a movie like this would have two household names play against Zendaya.

Sometimes you need the movies that create the movie stars. Maybe that will be the case for one or both of the guys in this film.

Josh has won an Emmy, same as Zendaya. But he has a massive, unmutilated dong, and that makes him an A+ list star!

The guys considered “A list” stars in the U.S. are all generic action stars from Marvel movies, designed to appeal to straight men who don’t like pretty boys, and they are all way too old and too beefy to play these roles. Can you imagine Chris Pratt and Bradley Cooper in this? No. The casting is right. Mike and Josh are stars in the making.

It's amazing how so many of today's "stars" can't do anything outside of Marvel. It speaks to how bland and ineffective these so called stars really are. The days of Julia Roberts and Tom Cruise are over.

R63: He has a limited audience. The only demographic that cares about him is teenage girls and that will gradually fade away once he can no longer play twink roles. Whatever you think about Leo, he could appeal to the straight bro types as well as teenage girls.

I agree it's possible for somebody to have fans but that not necessarily translating to those fans going to the movie theater. However, studios are not going to keep offering things and paying $20 million when your movies keep bombing. In other words, back to auditioning.

Chalamet is a character actor but everybody in Hollywood is so apparently stubborn in making sure he doesn't become a character actor.

R40 white boys love her.

R39 almost all movies flop post-Covid era. None of it matters anymore despite how hard you try to push it as important.

R44 again, everything flops now.

R50 inaccurate.

R53 his films are low budget.

R66 Zendaya was paid $14 million for this.

Why are you all going on and on about movie stars? Josh and Mike aren’t movie stars. They’re ACTORS. A movie star and an actor aren’t one in the same.

There are a lot of ridiculous comments here. Yes, straight men have MFM 3somes. They don’t fuck each other. They both fuck the chick and usually it’s in Eiffel Tower

The fans online are claiming she is Oscar worthy in this. Christ almighty this film looks terrible.

[quote]They both fuck the chick and usually it’s in Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower allows that??!?!?

I think it looks fun.

Link to white men liking Zendaya?

R85 how would that be a linkable thing? Use your brain. Get a job. Go out and meet people.

R85 have you seen her? In your little racist brain she looks like Viola Davis but in reality she doesn’t. She’s the exact type of “black” girl white men like.

R63: His fans are dumb useless teenagers.

Timothee Chalamet is known to people over 40. They were the main audience for CMBYN. Young people watched it more after it went to streaming.

You don’t have to be able to open a movie to be A List now. We are in the streaming age. Things have changed.

Like it or not we’re stuck with her until she’s at least 34.

LOL that the internet is worried that Tom Holland is jealous. Are people that gullible ?

He is probably. Look at that midget next to Zendaya yet alone Josh O’Connor, who is looking very lean and meaty and handsome lately.

Tom is only jealous of her career, since they are both gay.

So this Zendaya person is what passes for a "star" these days? embarrassing.

R94 lmao God get a life already

They should have picked hotter actors for Zendaya.

Agreed, r96

I was impressed by Faist in WWS. I didn't know who Josh O'Connor is until I saw this trailer. So, I have nothing against either of them.

But, damn, neither of them are hot. In fact, they're both kinda goofy looking.

R97

Are you new to DL?

Have you never heard of "God’s Own Country"?

R97 I think they’re meant to not be hot. The trailer doesn’t give you the impression she’s into two hot men. They’re meant to be goofy.

Like her

[quote]Just watched the trailer. I don't know what's going on, but I love that this feels like a real movie. No heros and shit, just a sexy adult story.

After all the comic book movies, biographies and thoughtful quirky comedies, you summed up how I feel exactly.

[quote]Agree this will be a real test if Zendaya’s ability to open a movie. She’s trying to be sexy but she’s no Rihanna.

Good, because unlike Rihanna she can actually act. Rihanna has been popping out babies and selling makeup for years.

Will little Josh be making his usual appearance?

R101 you make it sound like Rihanna has a bunch when really it's just 2 kids. And she's made a fortune off of Fenty.

Not really seeing Zendaya as a boss bitch. Who is this movie for?

R104 young people. She IS a boss bitch.

Why are we mentioning Rihanna? Rihanna is a pop star who did a bad movie or two. She isn’t an actress. A lot of pop stars did movies.

I could see young Euphoria fans going but that’s about it.

If they’re casting Zendaya that is who they’re targeting r107. The 18-35 bracket.

If you don't like her, don't go see the movie.

Sounds good

Sturdy irish legs, narrow torso and shoulders. I like that look.

Two of the ugliest leading men. EVER. 🤢

Not every non-franchise film flops.

Is middle America ready for three-ways?

R113 most have been. Name 5 that have been very successful since the pandemic that aren’t franchise, sequels, remakes or horror

The franchise films have been flopping too.

What the ENTIRE fuck is this shit? It looks TERRIBLE and she looks totally miscast.

That first trailer scene where she's standing outside the door and hears movement inside, knocks, and they both answer flustered as all get-out.

Is that deliberately ambiguous?

They could've been having sex, fighting, both, playing Twister...

Gay but not too gay

R117 lmao nope.

R118 you need a reality check. Most people aren’t gay. Most men aren’t fucking each other. Same with women. They are sharing a room and were probably tidying up quick because she showed up and they thought she wasn’t gonna after inviting her.

This could have been Meghan Markle's comeback role.

R122 she’s in her 40s. You’re stupid.

So it’s a remake.

R124 yeah because everything about a threesome has to do with that one movie. That one movie invented 3somes.

The movie just got pushed back to April of 2024

R70 "Josh has won an Emmy, same as Zendaya. But he has a massive, unmutilated dong, and that makes him an A+ list star! "

He is a A+ list star because he's a talented actor. The big cock with foreskin however is a very nice bonus.

Thoughts on Luca’s description of the movie?

I'd be more interested if he took out one side of the triangle.

Lose the girl and I'll watch it.

The poster is revealed

Trailer #2 is here!!!

Looks like it could be good, trashy fun.

For some reason, I remember some trashy 80s novel with a sort of similar plot. Teem guys on the junior tennis circuit. One of them becomes a big star, and the other the tennis pro at their hometown country club. They had a threeway when they were kids and the girl died somehow, but you don't know how until the end. All I solidly remember is they jerked each other off a lot. Anyone else remember?

My mom was a dedicated Book of The Month Club subscriber, so there were a lot of garbagy books around. Any of them that looked even the slightest bit gay, I would read as quickly as possible.

R133 you remember all that but can’t remember the title?

[R133] Like I said, there were a LOT of trashy books in my house. My mother read at least two books a week, so I was raised on a steady diet of reading Judith Krantz and Jackie Collins with a flashlight after bedtime.

I wouldn't change a thing.

R135 again, if you can remember the plot you can have an idea of the author or title

I hope Mike Faist gets naked. I think he’s hot af.

I hope they all do r137

Mike Faist is such an unusual actor. He's not good-looking in a conventional sense, but he's so sexy onscreen, and he absolutely commands attention.

Is this a gay movie?

R140 we will find out when we all go see it in April.

It looks awful. Like an episode of an 00s teen soap.

For the first time Zendaya will have to sell a movie without an IP draw.

R143 it’s 2024. No one pays attention to that anymore.

New image of Mike Faist from the movie 🥵

Martin from OT added the trailer to his story on insta. He has great taste.

How gay is it?

R147 Seems like there's nothing explicitly gay from what I've heard, which seems on brand for Luca Guadagnino

There is nothing explicit at all. It’s a movie. Not a porn. Retard.

Queen!

Zendaya is all that and a bag of chips! Tall, lean, beautiful and unspeakably photogenic. She can act, sing and dance well. She is everything that Taylor Swift is not.

The only review of it I have seen so far called it "Lurid."

That is an adjective I can support.

I LOVE anything LURID.

R152 strange. There are over 100 reviews for it all over the internet, not counting normal people speaking about it on social media. And weird, because you’re on the thread about the films reviews with tons of links to reviews.

It’s at 90% on RT with 168 reviews.

R153 .... I said it was the only one I have seen.

I like to wait until after I see a movie until I read anything about it. I like to go in clean, make my own opinion, and then see what others think.

The "Lurid" one, I sort of read by accident when reading an article about the Venice Film Festival.

So you may fuck the whole way off.

[quote] I like to go in clean

I'm sure the rest of the audience will appreciate your excellent hygiene.

NPR gave it a very enthusiastic review.

I’ll wait for it to stream.

That’s the issue right there. Everyone waits for movies to stream now. Movies aren’t making good money anymore. R156 is the perfect example.

This will be the official thread for the movie. Too many going on at once.

Is there piss-fucking, or a menstrual moment?

Rian Johnson and Edgar Wright praise the film.

^^^ MARYS!

[Quote] It looks awful. Like an episode of an 00s teen soap

Do you like anything r142? No.