00:00Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder are set to team up once again.
00:04If deals close, the duo would partner with A24 on Checkmate,
00:07a hot feature package centered on a book proposal by Ben Mesrich,
00:11the author whose books were adapted into films such as The Social Network and Dumb Money.
00:15Fielder is attached to Direct, while Stone will produce, along with her husband and partner Dave
00:20McCary, via the duo's Fruit Tree banner. It also reunites the pair with A24 after
00:25starring in the widely-discussed Showtime series The Curse, which was backed by the indie studio.
00:30Sources say the book deal is closing, or has closed,
00:32while the talent deals are still being hammered out.
00:35The book is set to spotlight the biggest scandal in the history of chess,
00:38focusing on the generational battle between Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen
00:42and the young bad boy of chess, Hans Niemann.
00:45A24 also seems to have outwitted streamers and studios to win
00:48Checkmate with a seven-figure deal that left competitors' heads spinning.
00:52For more info on this deal, head to the article on THR.com.
00:56And for the latest entertainment news and updates, keep watching The Hollywood Reporter News.
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