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Showtime Schedules ‘Venus And Serena’ As Legal Volleys Continue

Showtime plans to show the documentary about Venus and Serena Williams beginning August 23, even though the United States Tennis Association wants the U.S. District Court in New York to ban it. The USTA sued VSW Productions on June 14, alleging that the filmmakers infringed on the group’s copyrights by including…

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‘Venus And Serena’ Producer Calls Tennis Association Suit An Assault On Free Speech

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winning documentary maker Alex Gibney just returned the serve the United States Tennis Association made on Friday when it sued the makers of a documentary about Venus and Serena Williams. The USTA told the U.S. District Court in New York that Venus And Serena uses film footage that infringed the…

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Specialty B.O. Preview: ‘No One Lives’, ‘And Now A Word From Our Sponsor’, ‘Sightseers’, ‘Venus And Serena’, ‘He’s Way More Famous Than You’, ‘One Track Heart: The Story Of Krishna Das’

Brian Brooks is a Deadline contributor. Thrillers and docs populate the Specialty newcomers this weekend with genre (and genre-esque) fare ranging from a gang of highway killers who kidnap a couple to a soft-spoken couple who go on a road trip and find themselves embarking on a killing spree among the limited release…

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Hot Toronto Clip: 'Venus And Serena'

Here’s an exclusive early first look at a clip from Venus And Serena, the documentary on the tennis playing Williams sisters that will premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on September 11. The film was helmed by Michelle Major and Maiken Baird, and the sisters allow the filmmakers a lot of access to create an…