Battle of the Sexes release date set for September – ComingSoon.net

Fox Searchlight Pictureshas set theBattle of the Sexes release date for September 22, 2017.The film stars Emma Stone (La La Land,Birdman, The Help), Steve Carell (Foxcatcher, The Big Short), and Elisabeth Shue (Leaving Las Vegas, Chasing Mavericks) along with Sarah Silverman (Masters of Sex,I Smile Back), Alan Cumming (The Good Wife, X-Men 2), Andrea Riseborough (Birdman), Eric Christian Olsen (CSI: Los Angeles), Natalie Morales (The Grinder), Austin Stowell (Bridge of Spies, Whiplash), Wallace Langham (Ruby Sparks, Little Miss Sunshine), Jessica McNamee (Last Days of Summer), Mickey Sumner (The End of the Tour) and Bill Pullman (The Equalizer).

Directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, creators of the Oscar-winning Little Miss Sunshine and indie favorite Ruby Sparks, have turned their attention to a period in 1970s America that presaged a cultural tsunami.

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 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 film is being produced by Cloud Eight Films Christian Colson and Decibel Films Danny Boyle, along with Robert Graf, with a screenplay by Academy Award-winning Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours, The Full Monty). Boyle and Colson are the team behind Academy Award-winning and nominated films such as Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours and Steve Jobs. Producer Robert Graf previously collaborated with the directors on Ruby Sparks and worked on such projects such as Hail, Caesar! and No Country For Old Men.

Joining Dayton and Faris on the film is longtime collaborator Pamela Martin, who edited both Little Miss Sunshine andRuby Sparks and who received an Oscar nomination for her work on The Fighter. New to the team are director of photography Linus Sandgren, known for his cinematography on Joy and American Hustle; Oscar and BAFTA nominated production designer Judy Becker (American Hustle, Carol); and Oscar Award-winning costume designer Mary Zophres (True Grit, Catch Me If You Can).

Co-head of Production David Greenbaum and Vice President of Production DanTram Nguyen are overseeing the project for Fox Searchlight Pictures.

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