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      Home  >  Chess Improvement • Daily News  >  MATE – A thrilling upcoming feature film

      MATE – A thrilling upcoming feature film

      Alexander Kane, Feature Film, Hollywood, MATE


      The upcoming feature film MATE is psychological thriller of mystery and suspense in the vein of MEMENTO and THE USUAL SUSPECTS.

      About MATE:

      In a world of corruption and deceit, two former world chess champions cross paths and are unsuspectingly drawn into a deadly game of mystery and suspense. Michael Foster and Kyle Kessler are long time archrivals in the highly competitive game of sixty-four squares. Each has staked his claim to be the best grandmaster of his time. Each has arguably been deemed the greatest chess champion to ever play the game.

      Yet, beneath the surface of tactics and strategies, there is a truth that engulfs them beyond their calculated geniuses; a truth that suddenly turns their world upside down; a truth that unfolds and forces them on the run from a group of killers who have coerced them into a dangerous game of intrigue.

      In the world of sixty-four squares, where lies intersect the truth, nothing is what it seems. Inside the mind of a chess king, reality is merely an illusion.

      I have signed on as a co-producer and I will also have a featured appearance in the film. The press release for the full cast will be released very soon. I was a chess consultant for the off-Broadway show “Fit to Kill” back in 2005. It was a blast! I am very excited about this project and I am looking forward to being a part of this movie.

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      22 Comments

      1. Anonymous Reply
        May 27, 2008 at 6:07 pm

        Go Susan go!

      2. Movie maniac Reply
        May 27, 2008 at 6:07 pm

        I can’t wait to see who will be in this film. Can you give us a hint?

      3. Anonymous Reply
        May 27, 2008 at 6:22 pm

        I hate his suspense. More details please. We wanna know all the behind the scene details.

      4. Anonymous Reply
        May 27, 2008 at 6:28 pm

        The guy looks like a Ninja 🙂

      5. starstruck Reply
        May 27, 2008 at 6:40 pm

        Congratulations Susan!

        You are awsome!

        🙂

      6. Anonymous Reply
        May 27, 2008 at 6:49 pm

        Michael Foster and Kyle Kessler are not good names for chess players.

      7. Anonymous Reply
        May 27, 2008 at 7:21 pm

        They’re great names. I like it.

      8. USCF Lifer Reply
        May 27, 2008 at 7:28 pm

        This is quite exciting for chess. Too bad the idiots running the USCF doesn’t know how to capitalize on your skills to help the federation.

      9. Anonymous Reply
        May 27, 2008 at 7:55 pm

        Susan,

        This is nice. Congrats for your new endeavour.

      10. Anonymous Reply
        May 27, 2008 at 9:33 pm

        Oh, how cool! I look forward to seeing the movie!

      11. Anonymous Reply
        May 27, 2008 at 10:08 pm

        Sounds exciting. When will you start filming?

      12. Anonymous Reply
        May 28, 2008 at 12:38 am

        Congratulations! Hope it will be big. The chess community needs it.

      13. Anonymous Reply
        May 28, 2008 at 1:45 am

        Michael Foster and Kyle Kessler??

        Mikhail Fosterov and Kylov Kesslerenko would be a little more realistic.

      14. Anonymous Reply
        May 28, 2008 at 2:02 am

        That’s so typical trying to use Russian names. Be original. Bobby Fischer doesn’t sound Russian to me. I hope the director will keep the American names. Bravo!

      15. Anonymous Reply
        May 28, 2008 at 2:31 am

        When will “The Box” movie be released? Is it the one with Cameron Diaz and James Marsden?

        Thanks,

        Movie Fan

      16. Anonymous Reply
        May 28, 2008 at 3:08 am

        Ninjas don’t wear sunglasses…

      17. Anonymous Reply
        May 28, 2008 at 3:54 am

        >That’s so typical trying to use Russian names. Be original. Bobby Fischer doesn’t sound Russian to me. I hope the director will keep the American names. Bravo!

        That’s because most of the World Championship calibre chessplayers are from Eastern Europe, numbnuts.
        How many chessplayers in the top
        twenty have names like “Michael Foster”?
        ONE. Michael Adams.

      18. Anonymous Reply
        May 28, 2008 at 2:04 pm

        Maybe a Scandinavian child prodigy with the name Mikka Fosterson….?!

      19. Anonymous Reply
        May 28, 2008 at 11:31 pm

        “Anonymous said…
        Maybe a Scandinavian child prodigy with the name Mikka Fosterson….?!”

        No!No! He should be a gender confused dwarf from the Ivory Coast with the name Tobey Gooney-Goo-Goo

      20. frank capra Reply
        May 28, 2008 at 11:33 pm

        Wrong! He should be a steaming pile of excrement called Lafferty Von Jackhole. He has a terroble infection called Slaonitist and was thought to be an inanimate object, but was caught on film riding a trans-gendered bicycle.

      21. Anonymous Reply
        July 17, 2008 at 6:03 pm

        I agree, ninjas don’t wear glasses..

      22. Tom Chivers Reply
        February 9, 2011 at 9:49 pm

        How is this project coming along Susan?

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