Tag: Chernobyl
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WGA Challenger Craig Mazin Drops Out of Race, Citing Family Medical Issue
“Chernobyl” writer-creator Craig Mazin, vocal in his opposition to the Writers Guild of America‘s current strategy in its battle with talent agencies, announced Wednesday that’s he’s dropping out of the running for the union’s second-in-command due to a family medical issue.Mazin was running for vice president as part of a slate of WGA executive candidates…
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Irish genre film ‘Wolf’, set to star Barry Keoghan, receives backing from Screen Ireland in latest funding round
The film is written and directed by Nathalie Biancheri.Irish actor Barry Keoghan, whose credits includeThe Killing of a Sacred Deer, American Animals, and the Emmy-nominated series Chernobyl , is in talks to star in Nathalie Biancheri’s Wolf, a high-concept arthouse drama about a boy who believes he is a wolf. It is being produced by…
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From ‘Chernobyl’ to ‘Wild Rose,’ Jessie Buckley is the Star You Can’t Stop Watching
Jessie Buckley is having what is popularly known as A Moment, that cultural curiosity when an actor seems to appear from nowhere to star in all of the most interesting projects, all at once. In HBO’s “Chernobyl”, her performance as Lyudmilla Ignatenko, the pregnant housewife who must bear witness to the horrific radiation poisoning of…
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‘The Terror’ Star Adam Nagaitis Joins ‘Gunpowder Milkshake’ (Exclusive)
Adam Nagaitis, who had breakout roles in “The Terror” and “Chernobyl,” has landed a significant part in “Gunpowder Milkshake,” joining Karen Gillan and Paul Giamatti.Lena Headey and Michelle Yeoh are also on board.Navot Papushado and Ehud Lavski wrote the pic, with Papushado directing the action-thriller about a group of female assassins that come together after…
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‘Chernobyl’: Ending at the Beginning Helped Give the Show a Powerful Farewell Message
[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for “Chernobyl” Episode 5, “Vichnaya Pamyat.”]Even though it’s a documented event in world history, there’s still something shocking, arriving at the end of “Chernobyl,” to see the fateful power plant explosion that set in motion the events of the series.It’s particularly even more jarring when the series finale, “Vichnaya…
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‘Chernobyl’ Producers Understand If You Need to Skip a Few Brutal, but Essential Scenes
[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for “Chernobyl” Episode 4, “The Happiness of All Mankind.”]One of the ideas that emerges from the HBO series “Chernobyl” is that the initial explosion at the power plant set in motion a race against time, one in which few participants realized how fast they needed to sprint. A notable…
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‘Chernobyl’ Creator Craig Mazin on Jumping from Comedies to a Real-Life Horror Show
From creator/writer Craig Mazin and director Johan Renck, the five-part HBO mini-series Chernobyl explores how the 1986 nuclear accident become one of the worst human-made catastrophes in history. After the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, Soviet Union suffered a massive explosion that released radioactive material across Ukraine, Belarus and Russia, and as far as…
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‘Chernobyl’: Director John Renck Talks About His Harrowing HBO Mini-Series [Interview]
Series or films about real tragedies will always be working with the difficulties of balancing the need to honor the real-life victims of said events while simultaneously. John Renck, the director of HBO’s latest mini-series “Chernobyl” tackles the subject matter along with screenwriter Craig Mazin with grace and curiosity, fearless in presenting the true to…
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‘Chernobyl’: Crafting a Wrenching, Devastating Episode that Somehow Found Room for Levity Too
[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for “Chernobyl” Episode 3, “Open Wide, O Earth.”]“Chernobyl” is a show about the unpredictability of nature and the severity of ignoring the raw power of an unseen enemy. But with the overwhelming toll that this historical event takes on those caught in its grasp, the HBO series still finds…
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‘Chernobyl’: Unveiling The Nuclear Science Behind the Show’s Elemental Horror
“300 million billion trillion bullets” is the kind of phrase that, regardless of context, conjures up its own feelings of dread. When placed in the context of a race against time to stop the lethal effects of a power plant on the verge of a meltdown, it’s a collection of words that by themselves are…