A24 ....

[Steven DuCharme]

is producing a film about the Carlsen-Niemann scandal titled CHECKMATE

[IM Jack Rudd]

For those who've never heard of them, they're a film company based in New York. Not to be confused with the road that connects London to Worthing.

[MJMcCready]

is producing a film about the Carlsen-Niemann scandal titled CHECKMATE

Do we know why they have chosen that? Presumably they found the anal beads thing funny or something?

[Roger de Coverly]

Do we know why they have chosen that?

A Google search brings up this artcle
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/emma ... 235989396/

It's to be based on a book yet to be written.

The studio has won the rights to the hot feature package “Checkmate,” based on a book proposal by author Ben Mezrich, whose works were adapted into “The Social Network” and “Dumb Money.”

The story centers on what has been described as the “biggest scandal in the history of chess,” following the controversial 2022 head-to-head match between Grandmasters Magnus Carlsen, then world champion, and Hans Niemann, during which the latter was accused of cheating.

[MJMcCready]

I don't think I will watch it, that whole episode is best forgotten about in my opinion.

[Matt Mackenzie]

that whole episode is best forgotten about in my opinion.

Ah well, good luck with that.