Their Move

For these kids, chess is more than just a game:

Linda Holmes worries the story will be corrupted:

The tricky news about this documentary that broke at the festival is that Scott Rudin and Sony Pictures have bought the rights to remake it. In other words, they're going to make a "based on a true story" Hollywood film based on this delicate story, and to be honest, that terrifies me. While there are movies that come out of stories about kids that are actually about kids (Akeelah And The Bee comes immediately to mind), it's far more common for classroom stories to become about the adults. I have a gnawing fear of seeing somebody like Charlize Theron (an actress I really like) as the woman who coaches the kids in chess. I fear the focus drifting from the kids to the adults who are more easily played by existing movie stars.