Will Smith will star in a new sports drama about the father of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams, who taught him a brilliant game without having any experience in the sport. The exact release date of the movie "King Richard" (2021) has already been set, and information on the trailer and the rest of the cast is expected soon.
Expectations rating - 82%.
King richard
Genre:sport
Producer:Reinaldo Marcus Green
Worldwide release date:November 19, 2021
Premiere in Russia:November 18, 2021
Cast:Will Smith et al.
The true story of how tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams came to be who they are after training with their father Richard Williams without any previous tennis experience.
Plot
Richard Williams is the father of tennis players Serena and Venus Williams. He himself almost never played tennis and knew little about the training of professional tennis players. He planned to train all his daughters, but only Serena and Venus showed real talent. Richard overcomes difficulties and fights skepticism to train his daughters, starting at age four on tennis courts in Compton, California.
As a young man, Richard took tennis lessons from a man known as "Old Whiskey," who gave him the instruction he needed to learn the game in detail.
Production
The director's post was taken by Reynaldo Marcus Green ("Leader", "Monsters and People", "Stone Machines").
Worked on the film:
- Screenplay: Zach Beilin;
- Producers: Will Smith (Bad Boys Forever, Cobra Kai, The Karate Kid, Seven Lives, The Secret Life of Bees), Tim White (Windy River, The Secret Dossier), Trevor White ("Ingrid Goes West", "A Good Neighbor").
Studios: Overbrook Entertainment, Star Thrower Entertainment, Warner Bros.
Cast
Cast:
- Will Smith - Richard Williams (The Prince of Beverly Hills, Gemini, Men in Black, I Am Legend, Aladdin).
Interesting Facts
Did you know that:
- Zack Baelin's script made the famous 2018 Scripting Blacklist.
- Serena Jameca Williams and Vinus Ebony Starr Williams are American professional tennis players.
Stay tuned for more updates on King Richard, due in 2021: cast and filming. The trailer hasn't been released yet.