Directed by MONSTERS AND MEN helmer Reinaldo Marcus Green, the project nets Will Smith as Richard Williams, the father to rebellious tennis royalty Venus and Serena Williams. As a young man, Williams took tennis lesson from a man known as “Old Whiskey,” who gave him the instruction he needed to learn the game inside and out. After seeing tennis professional Virginia Ruzici play on television, Williams took a shine to the idea of his daughters, Serena and Venus, taking the game of tennis by storm.
The official statements about the movie state that it is the story about all the struggles of Richard Williams, who coaches his two daughters- Venus and Serena, to be world-famous Tennis players.
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