Working Title is delighted to announce WIMBLEDON will start filming in June. Starring Paul Bettany ("A Beautiful Mind", "Master and Commander") and Kirsten Dunst ("Spiderman"), the romantic comedy set at the No.1 tennis championship of the world, Wimbledon, is directed by Richard Loncraine ("Richard III", "The Gathering Storm") and produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Mary Richards and David Livingstone. The script is by Adam Brooks ("French Kiss").

The story is about Peter (Paul Bettany), a British man clutching to an embarassingly low position on the tennis ranking ladder. He is given a wild card for Wimbledon which is to be his final bow but when he falls in love with a young hot shot American tennis star, Lizzie, (Kirsten Dunst) his on court prowess, skills - and a little luck - catapult him from round to round bringing him closer to his dream of winning the men's singles title.

The production has been granted unprecedented access by The All England Lawn Tennis Club to film certain scenes during The Championships this year. Filming will then continue at Wimbledon after the tournament and at Shepperton and locations around London.

Working Title, co-chaired by Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, is Europe's leading film production company. Together, they have made more than 60 films grossing over two billion dollars worldwide including "Four Weddings and a Funeral", "Fargo", "Notting Hill", "Elizabeth", "Bridget Jones's Diary", "Billy Elliot", "About A Boy" and the current hit "Johnny English".

Universal Pictures is a division of Vivendi UNIVERSAL Entertainment (VUE) (www.universalstudios.com), the U.S.-based film, television and recreation entity of Vivendi Universal, a global media and communications company.