Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone’s The Curse shares some cursed new photos and a blessed release date
The Curse follows a couple trying to conceive a child while starring in a home improvement show
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Our long wait is almost over. The Curse, the Nathan Fielder, Emma Stone, and Benny Safdie-starring new series, will debut on Showtime (and Paramount+ with Showtime) on Friday, November 10. It will air on the linear channel on Sunday, November 12 at 10 p.m. The first three episodes of the series will also premiere at the New York Film Festival on October 12.
The series follows a newly married couple (Stone and Fielder) who are trying to conceive while filming their own home improvement show. Details are pretty thin at this point, but a titular curse somehow complicates matters. The Curse is described as “genre-bending,” which sounds pretty par for the course given the team’s existing filmography.
The Curse has been gestating for a while. Showtime ordered the pilot back in February 2020; Stone signed on the following December. Fielder and Safdie both serve as executive producers and writers, while Fielder serves as director. Stone executive produces via her Fruit Tree production company; Josh Safdie also executive produces.
The release strategy for The Curse is reminiscent of Showtime’s recent series; notably, Yellowjackets, which released on the app on Fridays before it ran on the linear Showtime channel on Sunday nights. It seems, frankly, strange not to just release it on the app and the channel at the same time à la HBO/Max to encourage appointment viewing, but hey, what do we know?
Showtime has also provided some new images of the series ahead of the premiere, which marry a sort of Backroom/cursed internet aesthetic with an HGTV filter. Check those out below.
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“notably, Yellowjackets, which released on the app on Fridays before it ran on the linear Showtime channel on Sunday nights.”
ALL of Showtime’s Sunday block have been premiering on streaming the Friday before. It’s been happening for about a year now.
“It seems, frankly, strange not to just release it on the app and the channel at the same time à la HBO/Max to encourage appointment viewing, but hey, what do we know?”
How does the Max model of releasing 3 episodes at midnight on Thursday encourage appointment viewing?
Shoot it straight into my veins.
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This looks appropriately weird and fun based on the pictures. The article says “The series follows a newly married couple (Stone and Safdie) who are…” but I’m pretty sure it’s Stone and Fielder playing that couple, based on all the images (and wikipedia).
absolutely cannot wait. had COMPLETELY given up that this was ever coming out.
“The series follows a newly married couple (Stone and Safdie) who are trying to conceive while filming their own home improvement show.”I believe it is Stone and Fielder as the married couple.
Not on Max? Booooo.
Not everything can be on Max. Look at it this way: The series may actually last longer than 2 seasons since it is not on Max.
Was juuust about to cancel Paramount+ but I GUESS I CAN’T YET.What’s the word on The Rehearsal season 2? We’re getting that at some point too right?
Very excited. Also all of these pictures look AI Generated,
Fielder definitely looks photoshopped into that tractor.
“Also all of these pictures look AI Generated”
It’s OK to admit you don’t understand AI instead of trying to pretend you think that an AI somehow generated photographs of actual people.
The OG, for anyone interested:YOU WHORE!