A24, Emma Stone, and Nathan Fielder Are Queening Out

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A24 is getting the set backmost together. According The Hollywood Reporter, the workplace is re-teaming with The Curse’s Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder connected Checkmate. Based connected a publication connection by Ben Mezrich, the diagnostic volition archer the communicative of the Carlsen-Niemann chess scandal. You know, the 1 with the (seemingly disproven) anal beads? Mezrich wrote the books-turned-flicks The Social Network and Dumb Money, truthful you tin spot wherefore A24 was stoked to get moving connected this thing. THR says deals are inactive being inked, but Fielder volition hopefully nonstop with Stone producing alongside her husband, Dave McCary.

Who tin hide successful 2022 erstwhile a cheating ungraded successful chess concisely made america each spell “Wait, what? Where?” Chess “bad boy” Hans Niemann was accused of cheating by grandmaster Magnus Carlsen. The accusations went low. Really low. Niemann yet sued Carlsen, Chess.com, Play Magnus Group, and different grandmaster, Hikaru Nakamura, for defamation. Chess.com settled and Carlsen said in a statement that he’d play Niemann again.