Tag: Chernobyl
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HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’ Pilot to be Helmed By ‘Chernobyl’ Director Johan Renck
Director Johan Renck was behind the camera for all five episodes of HBO’s spectacular miniseries Chernobyl in 2019, and he ended up winning two well-deserved Emmys for his work on that show. Now the Swedish director is returning to HBO: Renck will direct the premium channel’s The Last of Us pilot, which is based on…
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Diego Luna Says Watching ‘Chernobyl’ in Quarantine Was a Big Mistake
HBO’s harrowing 2019 miniseries “Chernobyl,” about the 1986 nuclear disaster in Soviet Ukraine, doesn’t make for ideal quarantine viewing material. Actor Diego Luna said he learned that the hard way during a recent Instagram live chat with IndieWire’s Eric Kohn, which touched on everything from Luna’s acclaimed run on Netflix’s popular “Narcos” series and the…
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2020 Emmy Predictions: The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards Brace for a Fierce Race
Year after year, the Primetime Emmy Awards have a habit of rewarding the same batch of shows, but 2020 is poised to break from the norm. “Game of Thrones’” reign is over. “Fleabag’s” sensational run began and ended with Season 2, and HBO has yet to turn “Chernobyl” into an anthology disaster franchise. That means…
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Eli Roth to Direct ‘Borderlands’ Movie Based on Video Game Series at Lionsgate
Eli Roth is set to direct a movie based on the popular video game trilogy “Borderlands” from Gearbox Software and publisher 2K that will be set up at Lionsgate, the studio’s motion picture group president Nathan Kahane and president of motion picture production Erin Westerman announced Thursday.“Borderlands,” which was first announced as a movie as…
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Hildur Guðnadóttir Wraps Up Her Sweep of an Entire Season’s Worth of Scoring Awards
Composer Hildur Guðnadóttir’s Sunday night Oscar win completed her clean sweep of top show-biz awards over the past five months.The Icelandic-born, Berlin-based cellist-composer won for her dark and disturbing “Joker” score. She also won the BAFTA on Feb. 2, the Critics Choice award on Jan. 12, the inaugural Society of Composers & Lyricists award Jan.…
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Art Directors Guild Awards: ‘Parasite, ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ Take Top Honors
Oscar nominees “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and “Parasite” were the big winners Saturday night at the 24th annual Art Directors Guild Awards (held at The InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown). Barbara Ling’s elegiac recreation of 1969 Hollywood beat Dennis Gassner’s innovative period work on Sam Mendes’ one-shot, World War I extravaganza “1917” for the…
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Göteborg Listens to Stellan according to Skarsgård
GÖTEBORG Spain — Laughs were aplenty at the Stora Theatern, where Göteborg Film Festival artistic director Jonas Holmberg welcomed the recipient of the Nordic Honorary Dragon Award, fresh off his Golden Globe win for HBO’s “Chernobyl”.“It wasn’t planned. I thought that will be my only award this year, that’s why I said yes!” – joked…
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2020 PGA Awards: ‘Succession’ Takes Top TV Prize in Long March Toward Emmys
As the film industry’s long, excruciating march to the Academy Awards toils on, TV continues to surf painlessly in its wake.On Saturday, Hollywood’s producers took center stage, with the Producers Guild of America Awards held at the Hollywood Palladium. While the ceremony celebrates both film and television, its reputation as a significant indicator in the…
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Women Win Big at Inaugural Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards
Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir continued her winning streak, claiming top honors for both her “Joker” and “Chernobyl” scores at Tuesday night’s inaugural awards of the Society of Composers & Lyricists at Los Angeles’ Skirball Cultural Center.Her music for “Joker” was named outstanding original score for a studio film and her score for HBO’s “Chernobyl” was…
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From Scorsese to The Crown, Netflix gets set for Golden Globes glory
The streaming giant has surpassed its rivals with 34 nominations for the awards in Los Angeles.Betting odds predict the loudest sounds of cheering and popping corks in Los Angeles on Sunday night will come from inside the Beverly Hilton Hotel. For this is where HBO and WarnerMedia – makers of Succession, Big Little Lies and…