The tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams and the half-sister Isha Price are ready to produce a film adaptation of The matchA book on improbable athletic twinning of a Jewish woman and a black woman at the Wimbledon tennis tournament from 1956.
And screenwriter Liz Maccie, who wrote the script for the comedy function based on the facts of Stephen Chbosky Uncommon For Netflix, will turn The match Book in a feature film. The project of 1 Community, Access Entertainment and four girls will adapt the sports history account of the author Bruce Schoenfeld, The match: Althea Gibson and Angela Buxton: how two foreigners – one black, the other Jew – have established a friendship and made the history of sport.
Althea Gibson was black and Angela Buxton was Jewish. And in 1956, they had to face the dominant racism in the United Kingdom and changed the face of professional tennis by winning the female double trophy in Wimbledon. Gibson finally won the title in simple ladies in Wimbledon in 1957 and also trained a friendship for life with Buxton.
The feature film brings MacCie with the community team. Nonnas. The project is also from the Duo Four Daughters, Richard Stern and Navid Mcilhangey, with Julie R. Snyder who should produce.
Emily Blavatnik and Danny Cohen will produce for Access Entertainment, who has developed and co -financed the Oscar Conclave drama. Scott Budnick and Ameet Shukla will produce for 1 community, with Saúl Delcomompare supervising the project.
The Prix and the Sisters Williams will produce The match Adaptation, with Caroline Currrier supervising the project of the Nine Productions of Serena Williams.
