TV Chernobyl [HBO]

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_(miniseries)

Chernobyl (miniseries)
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Chernobyl

Genre Drama
Created by Craig Mazin
Directed by Johan Renck
Starring
Jared Harris
Stellan SkarsgĂĄrd
Emily Watson
Composer(s) Hildur GudnadĂłttir
Country of origin
United States
United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
Production
Executive producer(s)
Craig Mazin
Carolyn Strauss
Jane Featherstone
Production location(s) Lithuania
Production company(s)
Sister Pictures
The Might Mint
Release
Original network
HBO (US)
Sky Atlantic (UK)

Chernobyl is an upcoming historical drama television miniseries created by Craig Mazin. The series, a co-production between American cable network HBO and British television network Sky, is set to premiere in both the United States and the United Kingdom on May 6, 2019.


Contents

1 Premise
2 Cast and characters
3 Episodes
4 Production
4.1 Development
4.2 Casting
4.3 Filming
5 References
6 External links

Premise

Chernobyl dramatizes "the true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history and tells of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster. The miniseries focuses on the heartbreaking scope of the nuclear plant disaster that occurred in Ukraine in April 1986, revealing how and why it happened and telling the shocking, remarkable stories of the heroes who fought and fell."[1]

Cast and characters

Jared Harris as Valery Legasov
Stellan SkarsgĂĄrd as Boris Shcherbina
Emily Watson as Ulana Khomyuk
Paul Ritter as Anatoly Dyatlov
Jessie Buckley as Lyudmilla Ignatenko
Adrian Rawlins as Nikolai Fomin
Con O'Neill as Viktor Bryukhanov
Sam Troughton
Adam Nagaitis as Vasily Ignatenko
Barry Keoghan
Ralph Ineson
Mark Lewis Jones
Fares Fares
David Dencik[2]
Billy Postlethwaite as Stolyarchuk

Episodes
No. Title Directed by Written by Original air date U.S. viewers
(millions)
1 "1:23:45"[3] Johan Renck Craig Mazin May 6, 2019 TBD

Production

Development

On July 26, 2017, it was announced that HBO had given a series order to Chernobyl, their first co-production with Sky Television. The five-episode miniseries was written by Craig Mazin and directed by Johan Renck. Mazin was also expected to serve as an executive producer alongside Carolyn Strauss and Jane Featherstone, with Chris Fry and Renck acting as co-executive producers.[1][4]

On March 11, 2019, it was announced that the miniseries will premiere on May 6, 2019.[5]

Casting

Simultaneously with the initial series announcement, it was confirmed that Jared Harris would star in the series.[4] On March 19, 2018, it was announced that Stellan SkarsgĂĄrd and Emily Watson had joined the main cast.[6] In May, 2018, it was announced that Paul Ritter, Jessie Buckley, Adrian Rawlins and Con O'Neill also had joined the cast. [7]

Filming

Principal photography reportedly began in April 2018 in Lithuania.[4]

https://www.hbo.com/chernobyl
 

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We take a lot of radiation training at work and this is very much something that's talked about and used a learning experience for a lack of better words. I fear it'll be "over dramatized" because America, but there's nothing about what happened there that isn't interesting as fuck.
 
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