Steve Carell starred alongside Emma Stone in "Battle of the Sexes", which was loosely based on whom?
Battle of the Sexes (film) Battle of the Sexes is a 2017 American biographical sports film, directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris and written by Simon Beaufoy. The plot is loosely based on the between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. The film stars Emma Stone and Steve Carell as King and Riggs, respectively, with Andrea Riseborough, Elisabeth Shue, Austin Stowell, and Sarah Silverman in supporting roles.
The Boxtrolls The Boxtrolls is a 2014 American 3D stop-motion animated fantasy comedy film based on the novel "Here Be Monsters!" by Alan Snow. Produced by Laika, it was directed by Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi and written by Irena Brignull and Adam Pava. The film tells the story of Eggs, a human boy raised by trash-collecting trolls, known as "Boxtrolls", as he attempts to save them from Archibald Snatcher, a pest exterminator. The film introduces Isaac Hempstead-Wright as the voice of Eggs and features the voices of Ben Kingsley, Elle Fanning, Dee Bradley Baker, Steven Blum, Toni Collette, Jared Harris, Nick Frost, Richard Ayoade, Tracy Morgan, and Simon Pegg.