''The Curse'' is an upcoming American comedy television series created and written by Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie, and starring

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, Fielder and Safdie. The series filmed from June to October 2022 and will premiere on streaming and on-demand for all Showtime and Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers on November 10, 2023, before making its on-air debut on

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on November 12. Its first three episodes were premiered at the New York Film Festival on October 12, 2023.

Premise

The series explores "how an alleged curse disturbs the relationship of a newly married couple as they try to conceive a child while co-starring on their problematic new

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show, ''Flipanthropy''."

Cast

* Nathan Fielder as Asher Siegel, the husband of Stone's character and co-star of the HGTV show *

as Whitney Siegel, the wife of Fielder's character and co-star of the HGTV show * Benny Safdie as Dougie Schecter, the producer of the HGTV show * Corbin Bernsen as Whitney's father, an unscrupulous landlord *

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as Nala's father * Constance Shulman as Whitney's mother, an unscrupulous landlord * Dahabo Ahmed as Nala, a young girl who curses Asher and Whitney * Gary Farmer

Production

''The Curse'' was given the green-light by

in February 2020. The half-hour comedy series was created and written by Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie. Principal photography took place in Santa Fe and Española, New Mexico from June 2022 to early October 2022. American composer Daniel Lopatin is the scorer of the series, continuing his creative partnership with the Safdies.

Episodes

References

External links

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