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,
00:08a 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,
00:18along with her husband and partner Dave McCary, via the duo's Fruit Tree banner.
00:22It also reunites the pair with A24 after starring in the widely discussed Showtime series The Curse,
00:28which was backed by the indie studio.
00:30Sources say the book deal is closing or has closed while the talent deals are still being hammered out.
00:35The book is said 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 Checkmate
00:49with a seven-figure deal that left competitors' head 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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