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Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder both reunite with A24 to produce hot new project Checkmate based on a true chess scandal


Following their hit Showtime series The Curse, Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder are once again teaming with A24, though this time as behind the camera.

The feature film package is solely based on a 12-page book proposal about the true chess cheating scandal involving Magnus Carlsen and Hans Niemann. The feature film package is solely based on a 12-page book proposal about the true chess cheating scandal involving Magnus Carlsen (above) and Hans Niemann The San Francisco native fired back with a $100 million lawsuit against Carlsen, Chess.com, Play Magnus Group and American Grandmaster Hiraku Nakamura, who accused Niemann of cheating in Chess.com online tournaments

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