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Anya Taylor-Joy stars in trailer for Netflix thriller series The Queen’s Gambit

August 27, 2020 by Amie Cranswick

Netflix has released the first trailer and images for the upcoming psyThe Queen’s Gambit. Based on Walter Tevis’ 1983 novel of the same name, the series stars Anya Taylor-Joy, Marielle Heller, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Moses Ingram, Harry Melling and Bill Camp; take a look here…

Based on the novel by Walter Tevis, the Netflix limited series drama THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT is a coming-of-age story that explores the true cost of genius. Abandoned and entrusted to a Kentucky orphanage in the late 1950s, a young Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy) discovers an astonishing talent for chess while developing an addiction to tranquilizers provided by the state as a sedative for the children. Haunted by her personal demons and fueled by a cocktail of narcotics and obsession, Beth transforms into an impressively skilled and glamorous outcast while determined to conquer the traditional boundaries established in the male-dominated world of competitive chess. The series is directed and co-written by two-time Academy Award nominee Scott Frank and executive produced by Frank, William Horberg and Allan Scott, who also co-created the series.

The Queen’s Gambit arrives on Netflix on October 23rd.

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, News, Television, Trailers Tagged With: Anya Taylor-Joy, Bill Camp, Harry Melling, marielle heller, Moses Ingram, netflix, The Queen's Gambit, Thomas Brodie-Sangster

About Amie Cranswick

Amie Cranswick has been part of Flickering Myth's editorial team for over a decade. She has a background in publishing and copyediting and has served as Executive Editor of FlickeringMyth.com since 2020.

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