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Stick with it: "The Queen's Gambit" producers Allan Scott and Bill Horberg

Stick with it: "The Queen's Gambit" producers Allan Scott and Bill Horberg

Update: 2021-06-104
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When you fall in love with a project, stay with it – for as many years as necessary. Its time will come. When screenwriter Allan Scott acquired the film rights to the Walter Tevis novel “The Queen’s Gambit,” he couldn’t have imagined it would take almost 30 years to get that movie made. Allan, along with executive producer Bill Horberg, talk about their long road to turning the cult-favorite book into a Netflix phenomenon; the creative insights (and the key partner) that unblocked the path; and what they’ve learned about staying the course when the world is telling you no.

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Stick with it: "The Queen's Gambit" producers Allan Scott and Bill Horberg

Stick with it: "The Queen's Gambit" producers Allan Scott and Bill Horberg