The red band trailer for Borg vs. McEnroe was released Wednesday, and just as you’d expect from a red band trailer for Borg vs. McEnroe, it’s full to the fuckin’ brim with tennis and bad words. The film, from Danish director Janus Metz Pedersen, stars Shia LaBeouf as volatile tennis champ John McEnroe and Swedish actor Sverrir Gudnason as his rival Björn Borg. LaBeouf is looks perfectly cast as John McEnroe, Stellan Skarsgard classes things up as Borg’s coach Lennart Bergelin, and with any luck, this could be the greatest Borg-related film since Star Trek: First Contact.
The film has a September release date in Sweden but doesn’t have U.S. distribution yet. While we’re waiting for a U.S. release to be scheduled, here’s the actual 1980 Wimbledon faceoff between Björn Borg and John McEnroe. Watch now, and you can save valuable time during the credits of Borg vs. McEnroe when they show pictures of the people the movie was about:
