Warner Bros’ King Richard, the Will Smith-starring drama about Serena and Venus Williams’ father and how he raised a pair of tennis champions, will close AFI Fest this fall.
Organizer American Film Institute said Wednesday that the pic, which world premiered earlier this month at the Telluride Film Festival, will wrap up the annual fest November 14 at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.The gala showing comes ahead of the pic’s U.S.
theaters and on HBO Max on November 19.Alongside Smith, the film directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green also stars Aunjanue Ellis, Saniyya Sidney and Demi Singleton, along with Tony Goldwyn, Jon Bernthal, Andy Bean, Kevin Dunn and Craig Tate.AFI Fest’s hybrid 2021 edition kicks off November 10 with the world