Will Smith is "King Richard": New feature film about the Williams Sisters is coming!
The next film about Venus and Serena Williams is ready - and it's even coming to the cinema!
by Florian Goosmann
last edit: Aug 03, 2021, 09:21 pm
The good tennis films are coming so slowly! After the rather terrible Wimbledon game, set ... and love from 2004, the tennis sequences of which left every tennis fan quite stunned, the past few years saw the good Borg / McEnroe (2017) and the truly grandiose Battle of the Sexes (2017) ) two times big cinema announced.
Now the next big hit is coming: King Richard is in the starting blocks, the first trailers have been released and they promise a lot.
There was already an impressive documentary about the Williams sisters with Venus and Serena (2012), with Serena (2017) again strong images, especially with the view of 2015 with the almost successful Grand Slam - Serena lost here after she had won the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon, sensationally against Roberta Vinci in the semifinals of the US Open.
Will Smith plays King Richard
King Richard deals with the "dishwasher" fairy tale of the entire family. Richard Williams, the real story goes, had watched a tennis final and saw the winner receive a $ 40,000 check for four days of work. From here it was clear to him where the way was going. Richard moved with his family to the Los Angeles working-class district of Compton and initially trained his two daughters Venus and Serena personally. The rest? Is tennis history.
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Richard is portrayed in the film by none other than Will Smith, Venus by Saniyya Sidney, Serena by Demi Singleton. Other roles include Jon Bernthal (as coach Rick Macci), Tony Goldwyn, Susie Abromeit and Judith Chapman.
King Richard is slated to open in US cinemas on November 19, 2021, but will also be available on HBO Max at the same time. A German start has not yet been set. Actually, the film should have come to the cinema at the end of 2020, due to the corona pandemic, the start was postponed.