Adam Sandler is set to star in a Netflix adaptation of Jaroslav Kalfar’s 2017 sci-fi novel Spaceman of Bohemia, according to Deadline. Johan Renck, director of the Emmy-winning series Chernobyl, will helm the project, which remains untitled, and will see Sandler ostensibly star as Jakub Procházka, a Czech-raised orphan and the country’s first astronaut who […]
DVD Review – Chernobyl
Rachel Bellwoar reviews the miniseries Chernobyl… From the fire, which first caught people’s attention, because of its strange coloring, to the burn victims who would die from radiation exposure, “seeing is believing” shouldn’t be a phrase that is needed when discussing the Chernobyl disaster yet it’s one that takes on terrible significance in the Sky […]
Russia producing its own patriotic Chernobyl TV drama series
Following on from the enormous critical success of HBO and Sky’s Chernobyl, Deadline is reporting that Russian state TV channel NTV is producing its own dramatisation of the deadly 1986 nuclear disaster. According to the site, the series will have a patriotic, pro-Russian tone and “will follow a CIA agent dispatched to Pripyat to gather […]
Chernobyl’s Jared Harris discusses the challenges of portraying Valery Legasov
Jared Harris, star of HBO’s hit mini-series Chernobyl, has discussed the challenges of portraying the real-life figure of Valery Legasov. There is no question that HBO’s historical min-series Chernobyl has turned into quite the hit, with the show receiving critical acclaim from all corners. The show stars Jared Harris as Valery Legasov, one of the […]
Nuclear disaster drama Chernobyl gets an extended trailer
HBO and SKY have released an extended trailer for Chernobyl, the upcoming drama series based upon the most catastrophic nuclear accident in history – the 1986 Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster. Chernobyl is a tale of lies and cowardice, of courage and conviction, of human failure and human nobility. The mini-series focuses on the heart-breaking […]
Miniseries Chernobyl gets a first trailer from Sky Atlantic
Sky Atlantic has debuted the first trailer for its upcoming drama Chernobyl. The five part mini-series details the devastating events of the 1986 nuclear power plant disaster and sees Johan Renck directing a cast that includes Jared Harris, Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård, Paul Ritter, Jessie Buckley, Barry Keoghan, Ralph Ineson, and Adrian Rawlins; watch it […]
Stellan Skarsgard and Emily Watson join HBO’s Chernobyl
HBO and Sky have announced that Stellan Skarsgard (Avengers: Age of Ultron) and Emily Watson (The Theory of Everything) have joined Jared Harris (Mad Men) in the cast of Chernobyl, a five-part miniseries detailing the devastating 1986 nuclear power plant disaster. Skarsgard is set to play Boris Shcherbina, the Deputy Chairman of the Council of […]
Jared Harris cast in HBO’s Chernobyl miniseries
HBO is set to make a new miniseries called Chernobyl, a five-part series that tells the story of the failed nuclear power plant in Chernobyl that caused a catastrophic disaster in Ukraine and the rest of Europe. And now we have our first piece of casting news, with Mad Men and The Crown actor Jared Harris […]
