Luca Guadagnino-directed love triangle romance will no longer premiere this year and will instead move to 2024

Luca Guadagnino’s hotly anticipated tennis drama Challengers will no longer open this year’s Venice film festival as a result of the Hollywood actors’ strike.

The MGM/Amazon film, starring Zendaya and Josh O’Connor, had been set for a splashy August debut on the Lido but has now been pulled. The release date has also changed, from September to April next year.