After months of negotiations, Warner Bros. has announced that the upcoming Venus & Serena Williams biopic King Richard has landed with Will Smith (Aladdin) set to star as the tennis stars’ father Richard Williams, Reinaldo Marcus Green (Monsters and Men) set to direct and a 2020 release date.
When his daughters were around the age of four, Richard Williams drew up a 78-page plan for their professional tennis careers.
The Williams sisters went on to become two of the greatest female players in tennis history, with Serena arguably the best ever, with 23 Grand Slam tournament wins.
RELATED: Will Smith’s King Richard Movie Nears Deal with Warner Bros. Williams, who had no tennis background, overcame tremendous hardship, skepticism, and his own troubled past to raise two of the game’s greatest players.