You can’t trust Nathan Fielder. This was the basic premise of Nathan for you, his flagship Comedy Central series about reimagining local businesses in absurd, absurd ways that push the boundaries of reality TV. He went further Repetitionan HBO documentary series in which Fielder helped people “rehearse” to prepare for difficult times in their lives, to an uncomfortably mind-blowing degree.
His new series, co-created with Benny Safdie, Showtime’s The cursebills itself as “a genre-bending series exploring how an alleged curse disrupts a newly married couple’s relationship as they attempt to conceive a child while starring in their new home renovation show.”
But like we said, you can’t trust Fielder, and the first trailer for The curse features Fielder and Emma Stone playing the series’ central couple as they film an intro for their show while discordant and unsettling music plays. The only thing the trailer reveals is the camera crew filming the couple, which immediately signals an interest in the layers of reality, performance and authenticity that Fielder’s previous work explored – just, you know. More frightening.
The curse premieres November 10.