BATTLE OF THE SEXES Trailer Watch the new BATTLE OF THE SEXES trailer! The film, co-directed by Jonathan Dayton, and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine), stars Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Elisabeth Shue, Andrea Riseborough, Sarah Silverman, Jessica McNamee, Bill Pullman, and Alan Cumming. BATTLE OF THE SEXES will be released in theaters on September 22. The true story of the 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.