NEW MOVIES: April 25-May 1, 2024, “Challengers,” “Unsung Hero,” “Breathe,” “Cash Out”

CHALLENGERS

CHALLENGERS

Challengers is a 2024 American romantic sports film directed by Luca Guadagnino and written by Justin Kuritzkes. The plot follows a professional tennis champion (Mike Faist) who plots a comeback with the help of his wife (Zendaya), a former tennis prodigy who retired after an injury, as he goes up against another player (Josh O’Connor), who also happens to be his former best friend and wife’s former lover.[3]

After being delayed from its initial September 2023 release date and pulled out from its slot as the opening film of the 80th Venice International Film Festival due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strikeChallengers premiered in Sydney, Australia, on March 26, 2024, and is scheduled to be released in the United States by Amazon MGM Studios on April 26, 2024. The film received critical acclaim, with the cast performances (especially Zendaya) being the main highlight.

Premise

Tashi Duncan, a former tennis prodigy turned coach after a career-ending injury, is married to a champion on a losing streak. Her strategy for her husband’s redemption takes a surprising turn when he must face off against his former best friend, Tashi’s former boyfriend.[3]

Cast

  • Zendaya as Tashi Duncan[4]
  • Josh O’Connor as Patrick Zweig[4]
  • Mike Faist as Art Donaldson[4]
  • Darnell Appling as New Rochelle Final Umpire
  • AJ Lister as Lily Donaldson
  • Nada Despotovich as Tashi’s Mother
  • Naheem Garcia as Tashi’s Father
  • Hailey Gates as Helen
  • Jake Jensen as Finn Larsen[5]

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UNSUNG HERO

UNSUNG HERO

Unsung Hero is an upcoming American Christian drama film directed by Richard Ramsey and Joel Smallbone. The film follows the Smallbone family, including Rebecca (stage name Rebecca St. James) and Joel and Luke Smallbone of For King & Country, who become Christian recording artists.

Plot

In 1991, the Smallbone family moved from Australia to Nashville, Tennessee.

Cast

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BREATHE

BREATHE

Breathe is an upcoming American science fiction action thriller film directed by Stefon Bristol, written by Doug Simon, and starring Jennifer HudsonMilla JovovichQuvenzhané WallisCommon, and Sam Worthington. The film is set in a world where oxygen levels on Earth have dropped making it impossible to live on the planet’s surface without specialised equipment.

Cast

Production

In December 2019, Doug Simon’s screenplay Breathe was revealed to be on that year’s “Black List” of the most-liked unproduced screenplays in Hollywood.[1] In May 2022, it was announced that Sam WorthingtonJennifer HudsonMilla JovovichQuvenzhané Wallis, and Common were set to star in the film, to be directed by Stefon Bristol.[2]

Filming took place on location in Pennsylvania in late 2022.

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CASH OUT

CASH OUT

Cash Out is an upcoming American action film starring John TravoltaKristin DavisLukas HaasQuavo, and Joel Cohen. It was directed by Ives, and written by Dipo Oseni and Doug Richardson. The film is scheduled to be released on April 26, 2024.

Plot

In the tense thriller Cash Out, John Travolta is Mason, the leader of a high-end crew of thieves that hang it up for good after a double-cross spells a near miss with the law. Still, when thrust into his younger brother Shawn’s hare-brained scheme to rob a bank—and tempted by what could be his biggest score ever—Mason jumps right back into his old ways. Then the heist goes awry, and the thieves are trapped inside the bank with hostages while surrounded by SWAT teams, the FBI, and Interpol. Among the authorities waiting to nab the crew is someone Mason knows well: lead negotiator Decker (Kristin Davis) — Mason’s former lover.”

Cast

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4/23/2024#”Challengers,” “Unsung Hero,” “Breathe,” “Cash Out”