Warner Bros. reportedly in final negotiations to buy sports biopic ‘King Richard’.

This is the movie that has received backlash having Will Smith take on the role of tennis stars Venus Williams and Serena Williams’ father Richard Williams. Read on for more details…

CelebNMovies247.com reports despite what people are saying, Warner Bros. is pushing forward with the Will Smith project.

The 50-year-old young actor is reportedly set to take on the role as the dad of the tennis greats in Zach Baylin’s new speculative screenplay which tells the story of Richard Williams.

The movie, which is under Will Smith’s production company, Overbrook Entertainment, follows Richards drive to raise and developed the sisters to become the tennis legends they are today.

There is no director attached as of yet, and Venus, 38, and Serena, 37, aren’t among the producing team.

Here is what we know the project is about:

Richard, 77, trained the girls on the courts of Compton in Los Angeles from an early age and at the age of four drew up a 78-page plan for their professional careers.
The pair were still teenagers when Serena won the US Open in 1999 and Venus won Wimbledon in 2000.
Serena has gone on to win a total of 23 individual Grand Slam tournaments, whilst Venus has won seven Grand Slam titles.

The rest of the producing team consists of Tim White and Trevor Write through their Star Thrower Entertainment banner and Allan Mandelbaum and Caleeb Pinkett will serve as executive producers with Mary Solomon and Rick Rickertsen.

Serena had this to say about her father’s influence on her life:

He’s been the most important person in my career. I do miss my dad obviously. I miss him all the time. I call him. I try to reach out to him a lot. He calls me. He watches my matches. He still tells me things that I’m not doing right. It all started with an idea. It was his idea. It’s changed sports. It’s changed history.

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