Challengers (2024)

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Wikidata Q111458251, film, IMDb tt16426418, TMDB 937287: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Luca Guadagnino as director (The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’); 2 more episodes agree.

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

Who talked about it

The Big Picture

Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

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Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Dune: Part Two: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (last year's Q1): Challengers → Dune: Part Two. Last year's Q1 had Challengers, Dune Part 2, Civil War: three well-received hits.
    “we had challengers, we had Dune Part 2, and we had Civil War.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:22:32 · Amanda Dobbins (0.55 sure it was them)

Godzilla vs. Kong: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (last year's box office): Godzilla vs. Kong → Challengers. Last year's early-year box office also had the Godzilla vs Kong movie.
    “Last year we also had like the Godzilla movie, Godzilla versus Kong movie”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:22:49 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

Zendaya: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (star promotion): Challengers → Zendaya. Challengers and Dune 2 needed star promotion, specifically Zendaya, so they were pushed to early last year after the strikes.
    “specifically Zendaya.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:23:18 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

industry (1)

  1. industry (last year's box office): Godzilla vs. Kong → Challengers. Last year's early-year box office also had the Godzilla vs Kong movie.
    “Last year we also had like the Godzilla movie, Godzilla versus Kong movie”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:22:49 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

  1. unmapped (last year's Q1): Challengers → Dune: Part Two. Last year's Q1 had Challengers, Dune Part 2, Civil War: three well-received hits.
    “we had challengers, we had Dune Part 2, and we had Civil War.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:22:32 · Amanda Dobbins (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (star promotion): Challengers → Zendaya. Challengers and Dune 2 needed star promotion, specifically Zendaya, so they were pushed to early last year after the strikes.
    “specifically Zendaya.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:23:18 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Challengers: An audience member suggests Challengers as a sports movie they should have done; the hosts say it is not on the list and Amanda jokes about her own list.
    “Challengers is not on the list.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:30:22 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

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