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  • Christian Bale to star in Netflix’s ‘The Pale Blue Eye’

    By Express News Service

    Netflix is set to make a film adaptation of Louis Bayard’s novel The Pale Blue Eye. According to reports, the film is set to star Christian Bale.

    The report also suggests that Harry Potter actor Harry Melling has been cast in the role of writer Edgar Allan Poe. Melling, who recently appeared on The Queen’s Gambit, is said to be best known for playing Dudley Dursley in the Harry Potter film franchise.

    Christian Bale serves as the film’s producer and he is said to play the role of a detective. Directed by Cooper, the upcoming horror film is in full swing and the makers are yet to announce further details regarding the release plans and additional cast. 

    Netflix is set to make a film adaptation of Louis Bayard’s novel The Pale Blue Eye. According to reports, the film is set to star Christian Bale.

    The report also suggests that Harry Potter actor Harry Melling has been cast in the role of writer Edgar Allan Poe. Melling, who recently appeared on The Queen’s Gambit, is said to be best known for playing Dudley Dursley in the Harry Potter film franchise.

    Christian Bale serves as the film’s producer and he is said to play the role of a detective. Directed by Cooper, the upcoming horror film is in full swing and the makers are yet to announce further details regarding the release plans and additional cast.
     

  • ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ won’t return for a second season, confirms series’ executive producer

    By Express News Service

    Speculations surrounding the second season of Netflix’s hit limited series, The Queen’s Gambit, starring Anya Taylor-Joy, have been put to a stop. The series’ executive producers, Scott Frank and William Holberg, have confirmed the news during a recent virtual panel discussion.

    While interacting with the media, Frank said, “I feel like we told the story we wanted to tell, and I worry — let me put it differently — I’m terrified that if we try to tell more, we would ruin what we’ve already told.”

    The series featured Taylor-Joy as Beth Harmon, a chess prodigy who disrupts the international chess scene that is dominated by men. Having premiered in 2020, the show was an instant success, topping Netflix charts worldwide. It went on to become the streaming giant’s most-watched scripted limited series with 62 million households watching the series. Meanwhile, Taylor-Joy has The Menu, Last Night in Soho, and The Northman coming up.

  • Georgian chess legend Nona Gaprindashvili sues Netflix for ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ portrayal

    By AFP

    TBILISI: Georgian chess legend Nona Gaprindashvili has filed a $5 million defamation suit against Netflix, saying her depiction in the hit TV show “The Queen’s Gambit” was “sexist and belittling”. 

    A copy of the lawsuit filed Thursday with a California court accuses Netflix of distorting Gaprindashvili’s achievements in the fictional series. 

    It says the show falsely suggested that the former female world champion never played competitive chess with men, and states that Gaprindashvili, now 80, competed against dozens of top male players, beating 28 of them.

    “Netflix brazenly and deliberately lied about Gaprindashvili’s achievements,” the lawsuit says.

    “The allegation that Gaprindashvili ‘has never faced men’ is manifestly false, as well as being grossly sexist and belittling,” reads the lawsuit.

    “Piling on additional insult to injury, Netflix described Gaprindashvili as Russian, despite knowing that she was Georgian.”

    Netflix said in a statement that it has “only the utmost respect for Ms Gaprindashvili and her illustrious career, but we believe this claim has no merit and will vigorously defend the case.”

    Born in 1941 in Georgia’s western town of Zugdidi, Gaprindashvili has played chess since she was 13.

    She won the female World Championship aged 20 and defended her title successfully four times, before losing her crown to another Georgian, 17-year-old Maia Chiburdanidze, in 1978.

    That same year she became the first woman to be awarded the title of grandmaster by FIDE.

    Netflix says “The Queen’s Gambit” has become its “biggest limited scripted series ever” with 62 million households watching the miniseries in its first 28 days.

    As of July 2021, the California-headquartered streaming service provider had 209 million subscribers.