Exclusive: EverWonder Studio is teaming with John Skipper’s Meadowlark Media on its first project, a feature-length documentary examining the dynamic relationship between tennis legends Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova, which it will finance and co-produce.
The teams have also secured rights for a future scripted adaptation of the story, Deadline can exclusively reveal.
“I’m thrilled that this project is moving forward, and that we’ve found the right partners in EverWonder and Meadowlark,” stated Evert. “I’m looking forward to sharing our story with global audiences – not just with tennis fans but with anyone who appreciates an inspirational journey through rivalry and to mutual respect and friendship.”
Said Navratilova, “This film has been decades in the making, and EverWonder and Meadowlark are the right studios to finally take it from a concept to a reality. It was important to us to work with storytellers who will honor the...
The teams have also secured rights for a future scripted adaptation of the story, Deadline can exclusively reveal.
“I’m thrilled that this project is moving forward, and that we’ve found the right partners in EverWonder and Meadowlark,” stated Evert. “I’m looking forward to sharing our story with global audiences – not just with tennis fans but with anyone who appreciates an inspirational journey through rivalry and to mutual respect and friendship.”
Said Navratilova, “This film has been decades in the making, and EverWonder and Meadowlark are the right studios to finally take it from a concept to a reality. It was important to us to work with storytellers who will honor the...
- 9/26/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Tennis Legend Chris Evert Talks Being Single by Choice at 62: 'I Had to Learn How to Rely on Myself'
Chris Evert says she doesn’t need a man to feel complete.
Busy with tennis, fitness, regular commentary for Espn, business deals and endorsements, the tennis legend is thriving and productive.
“I am not dating anybody, and I am not looking,” Evert, 62, tells People Saturday night during the 28th Chris Evert/Raymond James Pro-Celebrity Tennis Classic gala at Florida’s Boca Raton Resort & Club.
“I needed to be alone for five or six years to find peace in my heart. I had to learn how to rely on myself and not on other people,” continues Evert, who has three sons — Alexander,...
Busy with tennis, fitness, regular commentary for Espn, business deals and endorsements, the tennis legend is thriving and productive.
“I am not dating anybody, and I am not looking,” Evert, 62, tells People Saturday night during the 28th Chris Evert/Raymond James Pro-Celebrity Tennis Classic gala at Florida’s Boca Raton Resort & Club.
“I needed to be alone for five or six years to find peace in my heart. I had to learn how to rely on myself and not on other people,” continues Evert, who has three sons — Alexander,...
- 11/7/2017
- by Linda Marx
- PEOPLE.com
Tennis star Chris Evert spoke candidly about her marriage to Olympian Andy Mill, revealing that menopause played a part in their 2006 divorce. Although Evert, 61, didn't go too far into the specifics during a Tuesday appearance on Lance Armstrong's The Forward Podcast, she did hint that the hormonal changes associated with menopause had negative affects on her 18-year marriage. "We had a rough couple of years, because I married Greg Norman who was Andy's friend," she said. "I don't know, I was going through menopausal stuff that doesn't get talked about enough - what women go through, you know, at 50ish.
- 7/27/2016
- by Naja Rayne, @najarayne
- PEOPLE.com
Tennis star Chris Evert spoke candidly about her marriage to Olympian Andy Mill, revealing that menopause played a part in their 2006 divorce. Although Evert, 61, didn't go too far into the specifics during a Tuesday appearance on Lance Armstrong's The Forward Podcast, she did hint that the hormonal changes associated with menopause had negative affects on her 18-year marriage. "We had a rough couple of years, because I married Greg Norman who was Andy's friend," she said. "I don't know, I was going through menopausal stuff that doesn't get talked about enough - what women go through, you know, at 50ish.
- 7/27/2016
- by Naja Rayne, @najarayne
- PEOPLE.com
[[tmz:video id="0_819dla7t"]] Tennis great Chris Evert says menopause is at least partly to blame for the demise of her marriage to Olympian Andy Mill ... insinuating the hormonal change had a major impact on the relationship. 61-year-old Evert opened up about the situation on Lance Armstrong's "The Forward Podcast" -- when the two were talking about the positive relationships they have with their exes ... including Mill. Fyi, Evert and Mill had 3 kids together before they divorced in 2006. Two years later,...
- 7/26/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Nearly a year after her painful split from golfer husband Greg Norman, Chris Evert's life is back on the upswing. "I spent the summer in Aspen healing," the tennis star, 55, told People at Saturday night s gala for her Pro-Celebrity Tennis Classic in Delray Beach, Fla., where $700,00 was raised for neglected and abused children. "My kids are great, and they have their mom back," she says, referring to sons Alexander, 19, Nicholas, 16, and Colton, 14. Related: Why Did Chris Evert and Greg Norman Divorce?After a romantic June 2008 wedding in the Bahamas, Evert and Norman, also 55, spent a great deal of...
- 11/9/2010
- by Linda Marx
- PEOPLE.com
They seemed to have it all: a passionate courtship, romantic trips around the world, and each other's undying support. But just 15 months after marrying, tennis star Chris Evert and golfing great Greg Norman who left their longtime spouses for each other in 2006 called it quits last week, begging the question: Why? Friends close to the high-profile sports legends, both 54, say many of their problems involved interactions with each other's children. Evert has three sons, Alex, 17, Nicky, 15, and Colton, 13, with ex-husband Andy Mill, the retired Olympic skier who was best friends with Norman; Norman has two children, Megan, 26, and Greg Jr., 23, with ex-wife Laura Andrassy. ...
- 10/12/2009
- by people.com
- Huffington Post
They seemed to have it all: a passionate courtship, romantic trips around the world, and each other's undying support. But just 15 months after marrying, tennis star Chris Evert and golfing great Greg Norman - who left their longtime spouses for each other in 2006 - called it quits last week, begging the question: Why? Friends close to the high-profile sports legends, both 54, say many of their problems involved interactions with each other's children. Evert has three sons, Alex, 17, Nicky, 15, and Colton, 13, with ex-husband Andy Mill, the retired Olympic skier who was best friends with Norman; Norman has two children, Megan, 26, and Greg Jr.
- 10/10/2009
- by Linda Marx
- PEOPLE.com
Chris Evert and Greg Norman have separated after 15 months of marriage, reps for the couple confirm to People. "Chris and Greg will remain friends and supportive of one another's family," Evert's rep, Tammy Starr, told People Friday. Norman's rep also confirmed the split. The tennis champ and golf legend, both 54, tied the knot in a sunset ceremony in the Bahamas on June 28, 2008 and got engaged in December 2007 in South Africa. "The marriage is better than I expected," Norman said at the time. "We have a mutual respect for each other, and I love taking her a cup of coffee each...
- 10/2/2009
- by Eunice Oh
- PEOPLE.com
Two months into their marriage, Chris Evert and Greg Norman's families are easily becoming one, the tennis star told People Monday. "They all mesh pretty well," Evert said at a press conference in Miami to announce her involvement in a new tennis center at the Costa Blanca resort in the Dominican Republic, where Norman is designing a golf course. "His two kids are older, they live away from home. He lives with me and my three sons in Boca." Of her sons with ex-husband Andy Mill – Alex, 16, Nicky, 14, and Colton, 12 – getting along with Norman, she added, "It's working out very well.
- 9/3/2008
- by Lori Rozsa
- PEOPLE.com
The honeymoon is still going strong for Chris Evert and Greg Norman, almost two months after their June 28 Bahamas wedding. Tennis star Evert, who stepped out solo Monday at the U.S. Open's 8th Annual Usta Serves' OPENing Gala in Queens, N.Y., told People she's very happy to be a newlywed. "It's only [eight] weeks, I'd better be happy!" she said. "Or else, I'm in big trouble! I've met my match, I think."Their time together "has been wonderful," said Evert, who adds that golf legend Norman isn't too shabby at her sport either. "Yeah, he's a good tennis player.
- 8/26/2008
- by Jeffrey Slonim
- PEOPLE.com
Video courtesy Harpo ProductionsChris Evert showed off the rock on her left ring finger to Oprah Winfrey on Tuesday's show – and even Oprah was impressed. "Let's see the rock," the show host demanded of tennis champ, who was talking about her close friendship with fellow net star (and costar on Tuesday's Oprah), Martina Navratilova.Flashing the ring, Evert, who is engaged to pro golfer Greg Norman, said, "It's pretty. It's not gaudy. It's beautiful." "It's big," said Winfrey, who quickly added, "It's not too big for your finger." Replies Evert: "I have little hands." No wedding date was discussed. Evert,...
- 4/8/2008
- by Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
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