William Horberg (The Talented Mr. Ripley) will executive produce, and Allan Scott (Don’t Look Now, The Preacher’s Wife) will co-write as well as executive produce.
Two-time Academy Award nominee Scott Frank (Godless, Logan) will pull triple duty on The Queen’s Gambit as writer, director, and executive producer on the series.
Netflix has ordered a six-episode limited series is based on the Walter Tevis novel The Queen’s Gambit.
Gotham Award winner and BAFTA Rising Star nominee Anya Taylor-Joy (Glass, The Witch) will star as aspiring chess champion Beth Harmon.