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The Safdie brothers are making a new comedy with Nathan Fielder. Twitter is very excited.

“The Curse,” on Showtime, comes on the heels of the Safdies’ critically acclaimed film “Uncut Gems.”

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(JTA) — Fresh off their critically acclaimed film “Uncut Gems,” Jewish brothers Benny and Josh Safdie are making a comedy pilot with the Jewish comedian Nathan Fielder. (Fielder is best known for “Nathan for You,” a Comedy Central show.)

The Showtime series, called “The Curse,” will star Fielder and Benny Safdie, and Deadline reports it “explores how an alleged curse disturbs the relationship of a newly married couple who star in “Flipanthropy,” their troubled HGTV show.” Fielder is set to play the husband and Safdie the producer of the fictional show.

Twitter is ridiculously excited:

https://twitter.com/ezwrites/status/1229903637461098496?s=20

https://twitter.com/AlmondMilkHotel/status/1229921796838785025?s=20

https://twitter.com/twelveoclocke/status/1229947768275427329?s=20

https://twitter.com/briannazigs/status/1229912432920928263?s=20

No word on a tentative premiere date.

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