Rematch is a French-Hungarian English-language historical psychological thriller television miniseries starring Christian Cooke as Garry Kasparov, depicting his 1997 chess match against the supercomputer Deep Blue. On March 22nd 2024, the miniseries won the "Grand Prix de la compétition internationale" du Festival Séries Mania à Lille.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
| Rematch | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Yan England Bruno Nahon André Gulluni |
| Screenplay by | Yan England André Gulluni |
| Directed by | Yan England |
| Starring | |
| Theme music composer | Grégoire Auger |
| Country of origin | France, Hungary |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Oliver Glaas |
| Producer | Bruno Nahon |
| Cinematography | Jéròme Sabourin Xavier Sirven |
| Editor | Jean-Baptiste-Beaudoin |
| Running time | 52 min |
| Production companies |
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| Original release | |
| Network | Arte, Unité (France) Disney+ (UK) |
| Release | September 9th 2024 – September 23rd 2024 |
Premise
editThe series is described as a historical psychological thriller and details the world chess champion Garry Kasparov taking on the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue in 1997.[12]
Cast
edit- Christian Cooke as Garry Kasparov
- Sarah Bolger : Helen Brock
- Trine Dyrholm : Klara Kasparova
- Aidan Quinn : Roger Laver
- Tom Austen : Paul Nelson
- Luke Pasqualino : Xavier Valens
- Orion Lee : "PC"
- Evelyn Crow : Sofia Kasparov
- Dulcie Smart
- Molly Harris
- Trieve Blackwood-Cambridge
Development and production
editThe six-part series is directed by Yan England and co-created with Bruno Nahon and André Gulluni. It was in development for seven years prior to it being commissioned by French-German channel Arte in 2022. It is produced by ARTE France and Unité, alongside Federation Studios.[13] The cast has Christian Cooke as Garry Kasparov and also includes Sarah Bolger, Trine Dyrholm, Aidan Quinn, Tom Austen, Luke Pasqualino and Orion Lee. Filming took place in Montreal and Budapest.[14] The International Master, Malcolm Pein has said he worked as chess consultant on the project.[15]
The co-creator and screenwriter, André Gulluni, originally from Quebec just like director Yan England, told the French newspaper Les Échos that it took seven years in total for the project to become reality: "It took a long time and on more than one occasion I thought we could never finish it. That was actually a real boon because we could take the time to write, sometimes to put the project on the back burner and then come back to it. I kept thinking that Arte would call us and ask us to stop everything, but they gave us enough time to let it grow. That is very different from the way things go in America where everything must happen very fast [...] Moreover, it was a really complicated story that required a lot of research [...] I had the luxury of being able to polish it and of having a brilliant script doctor who spotted all the mistakes and flaws that could take us too far away from the topic. For sure, we had to master a lot of technical aspects, be it on the chess front or on the computer front. But I love technology in general, which made my job easier. And I relied on experts to make sure that what I was telling made sense, that it was plausible even if it wasn't necessarily true."[16]
Broadcast
editThe series will be shown by Arte in France/Germany and Disney+ and HBO Europe in other territories.[17]
Reception
editCharles Martin in Première praised Cooke's performance as Kasparov.[18]
The series won the grand prize at Series Mania in France in March 2024.[19]
References
edit- ^ "Le Grand Prix du festival Séries Mania décerné à Rematch de Yan England". Le Devoir. 22 March 2024.
- ^ Laurent Valière (23 March 2024). "Rematch de Yan England : grand prix du Festival Séries Mania 2024". France Info.
- ^ Rebecca Leffler (22 March 2024). "Chess thriller Rematch awarded grand prize at 2024 Series Mania". ScreenDaily.
- ^ Maxime Demers (22 March 2024). "La série «Rematch», réalisée par le cinéaste québécois Yan England, remporte les grands honneurs au Festival Séries Mania". Le Journal de Montréal.
- ^ Charles Martin (22 March 2024). "Séries Mania 2024 livre son palmarès et annonce une affluence record". Première.
- ^ Stéphanie Guerrin et Emeline Collet (22 March 2024). "Séries Mania : triomphe pour Arte en compétitions internationale et française". Le Parisien.
- ^ Emilie Chenot (22 March 2024). "Séries Mania 2024 : voici le palmarès de cette édition". Diverto.
- ^ Laura Berny (22 March 2024). "Séries Mania 2024 : Arte truste les récompenses". Les Échos.
- ^ Pauline Hohoadji (23 March 2024). "Séries Mania 2024 : Tiphaine Daviot et Rematch primés, découvrez le palmarès complet". Télé 7 jours.
- ^ Pascal (23 March 2024). "Le festival Séries Mania s'est achevé : découvrez le palmarès complet (16 prix décernés)". Le Blog TV News.
- ^ Karin Tshidimba (22 March 2024). "Le jury de Series Mania a plébiscité le « Rematch » au sommet entre l'homme et la « Machine »". La Libre.
- ^ Leffler, Rebecca (7 February 2024). "Series Mania to open with Netflix's '3 Body Problem', unveils 2024 line-up". Screen Daily. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ Layton, Mark (14 December 2022). "France's Arte makes its move for Garry Kasparov chess drama". tbivision. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ Keslassy, Elsa (28 February 2024). "Chess Thriller 'Rematch,' Bought by HBO Europe and Disney+, Sets Milestone for French Banners Arte, Unité and Federation (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ Pien, Malcolm [@TelegraphChess] (29 February 2024). "I enjoyed working on this as chess consultant, filmed in Montreal and Budapest and Christian Cooke was fantastic as GK" (Tweet). Retrieved 19 March 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ Laura Berny (22 March 2024). "« Rematch » : « Dans une telle histoire, on doit forcément jouer un peu avec la réalité»". Les Échos..
- ^ Whittock, Jesse (7 February 2024). "'Apples Never Fall', 'Hotel Cocaine' & 'So Long, Marianne' In Main Competition At Series Mania". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ Martin, Charles (19 March 2024). "Garry Kasparov against Deep Blue, the Rematch is played at Séries Mania (review)" (in French). Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ Balaga, Marta (22 March 2024). "Series Mania Crowns 'Apples Never Fall' Star Annette Bening, Garry Kasparov-Centered 'Rematch'". Variety. Retrieved 22 March 2024.