Emma Stone, Nathan Fielder and A24 begin production based on chess scandal

Emma Stone, Nathan Fielder and A24 begin production based on chess scandal

After ‘The Curse’, the trio must reunite again to bring ‘Checkmate’ to life

Following the success of The Curse, Emma Stone It is Nathan Fielder rejoined the A24. The studio beat out big Hollywood names and streaming platforms and secured the rights to Check Matea film package centered on a book proposal from Ben Mezrich. The author was behind works such as The Accidental Billionaires (2009), adapted for film as The social network (2010).

Check Mate depicts what is described as one of the “biggest scandals in the history of chess”, when Magnus Carlsen It is Hans Niemann they faced each other in a match in 2022. Carlsen accused Niemann of cheating with the help of the streamer Hikaru Nakamura and the website chess.com.

Fielder must direct the project, while stone must take over production alongside her husband, Dave McCarywith whom he shares the production company Fruit Tree.

In The Curse, Nathan It is Emma play a couple who dedicate themselves to a new television show while dealing with the consequences of a supposed curse.

Source: Rollingstone

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