This is going to be so good!
According to sources, Emma Stone has closed a deal to portray tennis player Billie Jean King in the upcoming Fox Searchlight film Battle Of The Sexes!
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In case you aren’t familiar, in 1973, the 29-year-old female superstar beat Wimbledon champ Bobby Riggs in a now-historical tennis match!
Riggs will be played by Steve Carell.
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris will direct the movie from a script written by Simon Beaufoy.
Game. Set. Match!
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Nov 18, 2015 22:50pm PDT
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