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“The Queen’s Gambit” is heading to Broadway in the form of a musical!

Mitski has been confirmed to write the music and lyrics for an upcoming stage adaptation of The Queen’s Gambit.The stage adaptation – first announced in 2021 – was announced to be moving forward today by producers Level Forward on social media, in which it confirmed Mitski’s role in the musical.A post shared by Level Forward (@levelforward)Playwright Eboni Booth (Primary Trust) writing the play while Obie Award-winner Whitney White (Jaja’s African Hair Braiding) is set to direct the stage adaptation. The stage musical adaptation has yet to receive a debut date but is currently in production.Mitski said of her involvement in the stage adaptation, per The Hollywood Reporter: “Before Level Forward even brought the idea of making a musical of The Queen’s Gambit, I was a fan of the Netflix show, and an even greater fan of the original novel.

A stage musical adaptation of The Queen’s Gambit, Walter Tevis’ best-selling novel which became a hit series on Netflix, is in the works, with Oscar-nominated singer-songwriter Mitski attached to write the music & lyrics, playwright Eboni Booth (Primary Trust) writing the book and Obie Award-winner Whitney White (Jaja’s African Hair Braiding) set to direct.

Netflix has settled the $5 million defamation lawsuit brought by chess champion Nona Gaprindashvili, although terms were not disclosed.

Netflix has brought an end to a nearly year-long legal battle over their hit mini-series The Queen's Gambit.The streaming service was sued in mid-September 2021 by Nona Gaprindashvili - the first woman ever to be named a 'grandmaster' of chess in 1978.She was seeking $5 million in the defamation lawsuit, which was settled on Tuesday, according to Variety. End: Netflix has brought an end to a nearly year-long legal battle over their hit mini-series The Queen's Gambit Grandmaster: The streaming service was sued in mid-September 2021 by Nona Gaprindashvili - the first woman ever to be named a 'grandmaster' of chess in 1978No details about the settlement terms were disclosed, though attorneys for both sides confirmed the settlement.  'The parties are pleased that the matter has been resolved,” said attorney Alexander Rufus-Isaacs, who represented Gaprindashvili.  'We are pleased the matter has been resolved,' a Netflix spokesperson added in a brief statement.

UPDATED with settlement, 1:25 PM: Netflix has settled the $5 million lawsuit filed against the streamer over its hit limited The Queen’s Gambit. Terms of the settlement reached today weren’t announced.

Sydney’s harbour, while Anya enjoyed a break from filming the Mad Max prequel, Furiosa. The smitten pair made their red-carpet debut in February, but set tongues wagging in June following unconfirmed reports they had tied the knot. The Peaky Blinders actress has also been seen in recent months wearing emerald and diamond sparkling gems on her ring finger.

Netflix.On Thursday, a California judge upheld a $5 million defamation lawsuit filed by Soviet-era chess grandmaster Nona Gaprindashvili against the streaming service for her allegedly “grossly sexist and belittling” and “false” depiction in “The Queen’s Gambit,” Variety reported.Gaprindashvili, an 80-year-old Georgia native and the game’s first female grandmaster, is referenced in the show as not having ever played a male opponent — whereas she actually faced upwards of 59 men by the show’s 1968 setting. She even played against 28 men at once.“There’s Nona Gaprindashvili, but she’s the female world champion and has never faced men,” an announcer says in the series as Anya Taylor Joy’s character Beth Harmon squares off against Vasily Borgov (Marcin Dorociński) in the finale of the gender barrier-busting show’s sole season.“Netflix brazenly and deliberately lied about Gaprindashvili’s achievements for the cheap and cynical purpose of ‘heightening the drama’ by making it appear that its fictional hero had managed to do what no other woman, including Gaprindashvili, had done,” her suit against the media titan accused.

Netflix’s stock is rising again after a very rough week, but the streamer took a hit today in court over The Queen’s Gambit.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA judge on Thursday refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a Russian chess master who alleged that she was defamed in an episode of the Netflix series “The Queen’s Gambit.”Nona Gaprindashvili, who rose to prominence as a chess player in the Soviet Union in the 1960s, sued Netflix in federal court in September. She took issue with a line in the series in which a character stated — falsely — that Gaprindashvili had “never faced men.” Gaprindashvili argued that the line was “grossly sexist and belittling,” noting that she had in fact faced 59 male competitors by 1968, the year in which the series was set.Netflix sought to have the suit dismissed, arguing that the show is a work of fiction, and that the First Amendment gives show creators broad artistic license.

. Though the actor had already starred in successful projects, like 2015’s standout horror film The Witch and 2020’s Emma, it was the role of chess genius Beth Harmon that launched her into superstardom seemingly overnight.While she gained new fans playing the iconic redhead, it was her that made waves during awards season at the top of 2021.

Netflix for $5million over a line in The Queen’s Gambit.In the show’s finale, a line compares the accomplishments of fictional chess player Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy) to Gaprindashvili – stating she’s never played chess against men.A character remarks: “Elizabeth Harmon’s not at all an important player by their standards. The only unusual thing about her, really, is her sex.

A Georgian chess champion has launched a $5-million defamation lawsuit against Netflix over a line of dialogue referencing her in the chess-themed series “The Queen’s Gambit”.

Poised to win big at this weekend’s 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards, The Queen’s Gambit is now a pawn in a legal game.

For Netflix’s limited series, The Queen’s Gambit, Anya Taylor-Joy felt compelled to tell the story of Beth Harmon, a young chess prodigy with a sheltered past who struggles with an addiction problem. While dealing with her addictions and navigating a new world, outside of the orphanage she grew up in, Harmon finds her purpose in chess. She aims to beat the grandmasters, while countering everyone’s preconceived notion that only men can be masters at chess. Taylor-Joy connected with the character on a deeper level, as a person searching to find a place where she fits in.

Anna Tingley Unless you’re Beth Harmon on “Queen’s Gambit” — high on a mix of Librium and unrelenting ambition — then you probably can’t play an entire game of chess on the ceiling, from the depths of your own brilliant mind .Rather, you’ll need a physical board and a partner to enjoy the classic strategy game. And there’s no better reason to buy a board than as way to celebrate National Chess Day on July 20.

Chess is a game of intense concentration, with silence only broken by the ticking of the timer. For composer Carlos Rafael Rivera, the task of scoring such a game in the Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit was impossible, so he opted for a very different approach. Instead of scoring a game, he would score the player.

Anya Taylor-Joy (“The Queen’s Gambit”) and Josh O’Connor (“The Crown”) sat down for a virtual chat for Variety‘s Actors on Actors. For more, click here.Anya Taylor-Joy and Josh O’Connor, who appeared together in the latest movie adaptation of “Emma” in 2020, both broke out as Netflix stars during the pandemic.

There’s been a soaring demand for micro-fringes as of late – probably due to the fact we all binge-watched The Queen’s Gambit and fell in love with Beth Harmon and her glam retro hairdo. Taking the trend to the next level is Lily Allen, who just went from a cool short fringe to a micro micro-fringe in one sitting.The singer documented the process on her Instagram, where the full results of the chop can be seen.

The Queen’s Gambit star Anya Taylor-Joy has poked fun at the recent chess craze in the wake of the show’s success.The actress took on the lead role of chess genius Beth Harmon in the hit Netflix series, which broke a number of records after its debut on the streaming platform last year.Taylor-Joy hosted Saturday Night Live over the weekend (May 22), though during her opening monologue she managed to fit in a joke about how many people embraced the chess craze… to a limited degree.“I’m happy to say that after the show, millions of people bought chess sets… and dozens of them actually learned how to play,” she joked.Touching on the show’s success during lockdown, Taylor-Joy also quipped: “For those of you who didn’t see it, what were you

With Anya Taylor-Joy hosting the season finale of Saturday Night Live, many expected her to reprise her hugely popular — and award-winning — role from the limited series, chess prodigy Beth Harmon.