Serena and Venus Williams: Saniyya Sidney, Demi Singleton to play tennis champions in new movie King

June 15, 2024

Sanniya Sidney, a popular actress in Fences and Hidden Figures and Demi Singleton have been picked to act as young Venus and Serena Williams, popular sister-tennis players, in the movie King Richard.

BlackFilm reports that the movie is led by Will Smith. The poplar When They See US star, Aunjaunue Ellis, will also be playing a part in the movie.

The movie will be directed and scripted by Reinaldo Marcus Green and Zach Bayling respectively. It tells the story of how the father of Venus and Serena played a huge role in ensuring his daughters become world-class tennis players.

King Richard is co-produced by Trevor White, James Lassite, Jada Pinkett Smith and Caleb Pinkett.

Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that Marsai Martin, a 15-year-old Hollywood actress who became the youngest movie producer ever, is set to produce a new movie with Universal Pictures.

Recall that Legit.ng reported how the brilliant young woman produced Little and made the Forbes 30 Under 30 list subsequently.

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Marsai who was the executive producer of Little narrated her experiences and dreams in an interview.

According to Marsai, she had the idea to develop her own project when she was just 10 years old and on hiatus from the first season of ABC’s Black-ish, on which she plays Diane.

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The beautiful young lady went on further to explain how her agents did not believe in her dream of making her own movie, but she forged on with support from her family.

In her own words: ″[My agents] basically just laughed at us,” she says. “That’s when we really started plotting our next goal,” Marsai adds.

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