First trailer for 'Battle of the Sexes' showcases the inter-gender tennis match of the century

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By Darian Scalamoni

            One of the most interesting projects being released this year has to be Battle of the Sexes starring recent Oscar-winner Emma Stone and Oscar-nominee Steve Carell. Fox Searchlight just released the official trailer for the comedy that we could see come Oscar time due to the powerhouse acting talents attached.

            Battle of the Sexes is directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine, Ruby Sparks) and is based around the real-life tennis showdown from the 1970s between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. Riggs is a chauvinist, sexist has been who’s looking to get the attention from society so he engages in a competition with King. This trailer is fantastic and reveals some awesome details about the film like the way it was shot which looks like it’s straight out of the 70s. Carell is also perfect for a role like this that can make someone who can easily be looked at as a hated character look ridiculous in nature similar to his Michael Scott character from The Office.

            Check out the first trailer below for Battle of the Sexes! The movie stars Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Sarah Silverman, Andrea Riseborough, Elisabeth Shue, Alan Cumming and Eric Christian Olsen. Battle of the Sexes hits theaters on September 22^nd.