The Queen’s Gambit is an American coming-of-age period drama streaming television miniseries based on Walter Tevis’s 1983 novel of the same name. The story is about an orphaned chess prodigy on her rise to become the world’s greatest chess player while struggling with emotional problems and drug and alcohol dependency. The series’ title refers to a chess opening of the similar name.
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The Queen’s Gambit is an American coming-of-age period drama streaming television miniseries based on Walter Tevis’s 1983 novel of the same name. The story is about an orphaned chess prodigy on her rise to become the world’s greatest chess player while struggling with emotional problems and drug and alcohol dependency. The series’ title refers to a chess opening of the similar name. It has received critical acclaim for Anya Taylor-Joy’s performance as Beth Harmon as well as for the cinematography and production values. It is credited with spurring a resurgence of public interest in the game. The Queen’sGambit was released on October 23, 2020. After four weeks of viewing it became Netflix’s most-watched scripted miniserie. It was announced that Bill Camp, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Harry Melling and Marielle Heller were cast in starring roles. The musical score was composed by Carlos Rafael Rivera. On October 28, 2020, the series became the most watched series of the day on Netflix. On November 23, 2018, it was announced the series had been announced that the series was to be released on Netflix on October 25, 2020 with seven episodes instead of the original six-episode order.
On March 19, 2019, Netflix gave the production a series order consisting of six episodes. On January 26, 2020,. it was reported Moses Ingram had joined the cast of the series. The series was written and directed by Scott Frank, who also created the series with Allan Scott. The two also served as executive producers alongside William Horberg. Scott had been involved in attempts to get the book on screen since 1992, when he purchased the screenplay rights from Walter tevis’ widow. Former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov and chess coach Bruce Pandolfini acted as consultants. Much of theseries was filmed in Berlin, including the Kino International, the Berlin Zoo, Humana and the Friedrichstadt-Palast. The show was filmed because of how interiors could stand in for a large number of the show’s locations, including Las Vegas City, Moscow and Paris.
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