Emma Stone to Star in Nathan Fielder’s Directorial Debut “Checkmate,” From A24

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1. Emma is on fire these days. She has such eclectic choice with her roles and is always picking interesting directors to work with.

2. You want a director who got very good grades

3. > …Stone is set to star in Fielder’s first feature film “Checkmate”…

   Most of the article is about the final episode of *The Curse*. The line I just quoted is all it says about the new movie.

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5. Digging Emma continuing down this weird experimental path. She was great in the curse and poor things.

   Excited to see what Nathan cooks up

6. From May 1st: [https://variety.com/2024/film/news/emma-stone-nathan-fielder-a24-checkmate-ben-mezrich-chess-scandal-story-1235989396/](https://variety.com/2024/film/news/emma-stone-nathan-fielder-a24-checkmate-ben-mezrich-chess-scandal-story-1235989396/)

7. Emma Stone going full Daniel Radcliffe and i’m here for it.

8. I vote we start referring to her as Emily stone. Maybe it will catch on enough to sway the “powers that be” to let her use her actual name.

9. Didn’t she just ask to go by Emily like a month ago?

10. Still trying to process The Curse… interesting watch. I’m down for anything Nathan Fielders involved in.

11. Emily, for the thousandth time, my girlfriend, er, I mean, she said her first name is Emily.

12. I will watch anything that Nathan fielder does, forever. Even if I was sorely underwhelmed by the curse, Nathan is a genius and I’m hyped that him and stone have made an artistic pact 

13. I haven’t watched the curse yet but absolutely love everything Fielder does. I just looked at Rotten Tomatoes and the audience reviews are pretty bad? For those who’ve seen it – Is it actually bad? The critic reviews are great. I was planning on watching but won’t waste my time if it’s not good

14. Emma loves the odd balls, and I love her for that.

15. Emily Stone

    Say it with me!

    This is Emily Stone

16. I like these weird roles she keeps choosing. I think she’s probably a bit eccentric in her real life. Good for her. 

17. I’d watch her do anything

18. Emily* Stone. Fixed that for you.

19. Was the curse any good? I saw it promoted a lot, and talked about on Reddit a ton but then forgot about it and haven’t heard about it since.

    This post feels exactly like The Curse, I’ll see a lot of hype, a lot of love for fielder and stone but then next year it’ll just be faded into the distance.