Will Anya Taylor-Joy’s chess thriller really continue?

Will Anya Taylor Joys chess thriller really continue

Anya Taylor-Joy is now a big name in Hollywood. Last year alone she appeared in three well-known films that could hardly be more different: The Northman, The Menu and Amsterdam. your biggest success so far did not take place in the cinema, but on Netflix. We’re talking about The Queen’s Gambit.

The Queen’s Gambit is a film adaptation of the novel The Queen’s Gambit by Walter Tevis. It tells the story of Beth Harmon, who grew up as an orphan and transformed into an absolute chess genius in the 1960s. The Queen’s Gambit was conceived as a seven-episode miniseries.

The Queen’s Gambit Season 2 on Netflix: That’s behind the supposed announcement

The series was released on Netflix on October 23, 2020 and became a mega hit. Since then, the question has been whether The Queen’s Gambit continues. Creator Scott Frank has spoken out against it several times in the past. But then Taylor-Joy stopped talking yesterday afternoon “The Queen’s Gambit 2” announced on Twitter.

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Netflix has often surprised with unexpected announcements in the past. However, there is nothing official behind the tweet, which hinted at a second season of The Queen’s Gambit. As Taylor-Joy later explained on Instagram, she became Twitter account hacked. The Queen’s Gambit remains a miniseries.

The only expansion of the brand that awaits us in the future is a mobile game, which was presented by Netflix last year as part of Geeked Week. The Queen’s Gambit: Chess takes you back to the world of Beth Harmon and lets you become a chess pro yourself. But we’re a long way from a second season here.

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