I just knew the broad brushstrokes, like everybody else, and that was the thing: I wanted to kind of learn more than what was on the internet, and I wanted to make sure that the script really went there and that we discovered things in the film. How familiar were you with the Williams’ story going in?
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He said, ‘Apparently the movie is good!’ ” (Smith produced “King Richard” along with Isha Price, one of the sisters of Venus and Serena, who themselves served as executive producers.) “Will texted me this morning,” said Green, who made his feature debut with the 2018 drama “Monsters and Men” and most recently directed this summer’s “Joe Bell.” “It was a really cute text.
19 in theaters and on HBO Max, were ricocheting across social media, with many predicting Smith will earn his third Oscar nomination for his performance as the stubbornly unconventional, hard-charging Williams. Within minutes of the lights going up, speculations about the awards prospects for the film, which will be released Nov. Starring Will Smith as Richard Williams, who guided his daughters from the hardscrabble courts of Compton to the pinnacle of the tennis world, the rousing, feel-good film earned cheers at its first showing on Thursday evening.
The day after the Telluride Film Festival’s world premiere of his new film “King Richard,” which chronicles the improbable rise of Venus and Serena Williams to tennis greatness, director Reinaldo Marcus Green had the glow of a man who’d just won a Grand Slam tournament match in straight sets.
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