anyone who saw ‘The Williams method’ will prove three things: that it takes too long, that the image given by Richard Williams has little to do with reality and the almost void role that Serena Williams ’character holds on the tape.
Probably the best tennis player in history did not even reach the second category in a film devoted to satiating Richard Williams ’excessive ego, whose performance earned Will Smith an Oscar, and early in his sister Venus’ career.
The truth is Serena prefers it, as she clarified in an interview for ‘Insider’. “The movie ended with Venus’ debut … She went in her direction and I did. They are two completely different stories. I had a difficult journey. What I did was wrong and then I did it. Lots of drama. This is a soap opera. I don’t think I recognized my achievements. I’m one of those people who says, ‘If it’s done, done, I’ve moved on. Because if you think too much about what you’ve accomplished, you can stop doing it. And I don’t want to stop. I’m still trying to reach my goals. “
It is for this reason that he thinks it would be interesting to think of a sequel that focuses on his successful sports career and another on his sister Venus.
With a budget of approximately 50 million dollars and the support of a leading studio like Warner Bros. ‘The Williams Method’ did poorly at the box office, earning only $ 30.6 million. around the world in its first weeks.
‘The Williams method’ is not an isolated case for the tennis player in the audiovisual world, as in April 2021 he signed a global partnership agreement with Amazon to develop fiction and documentary projects to be screened on Amazon Prime Video.
“I am excited to partner with Amazon Studios, they are producing some of the most inspiring and relevant content for a global audience.“, said today’s audiovisual production company in a statement when it announced its agreement.
Amazon Alliance
Nor does it look like a bad deal for Amazon, which with the signing of Serena Williams takes an absolute 21st century sport icon to its catalog.
Amazon and Serena Williams ’first adventure still doesn’t have a name but you already know what it is: a documentary series that follows in the footsteps of the tennis player in his personal and professional life.
The ambition to succeed in film and television fits into the economics of Serena Williams, who according to Forbes magazine was the second highest -earning athlete in the world in 2021 (45.9 million dollars) is just behind Naomi Osaka (57.3 million).
Moving further away from tennis, at least part of the business (she only manages 0.9 million on the courts), Serena Williams, for example, has agreements with sponsors like Nike, Gatorade and DirecTV; has entered the universe of “startups” with the company Serena Ventures; and also has interests in the apparel business with S By Serena.
The tennis player said that in ‘The Williams method’ he wanted the girls to “believe in themselves”, to see that “everything is possible” and not be afraid of setting ambitious goals.a recipe that he himself seems to have applied to his projects in the audiovisual industry to further expand his millionaire fortune.
Source: La Verdad
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