HBO Announces Chernobyl Mini-Series Starring Mad Men Actor

"A tale of lies and cowardice, of courage and conviction, of human failure and human nobility."

By Lucy O'Brien

HBO  has given the go-ahead to a five-part miniseries about Chernobyl.

It was announced at the Television Critics Association summer press tour (via Variety) that Mad Men and The Crown actor Jared Harris is attached to star as Valery Legasov, a Soviet scientist chosen by the Kremlin to investigate the 1986 nuclear disaster.

The series has been described by HBO as a "a tale of lies and cowardice, of courage and conviction, of human failure and human nobility."

Jared Harris in The Quiet Ones

Craig Mazin (The Huntsman: Winter’s War) will write the series, while Johan Renck (Breaking Bad) will direct.

From the moment Craig Mazin pitched us the story, we were convinced that this all-too-true tale of horror and redemption needed to be told,” said HBO miniseries and Cinemax programming president Kary Antholis.

It was a big day for HBO at the TCA tour today, with the network also announcing a new series from True Blood and Six Feet Under creator Alan Ball.

Lucy O'Brien is Games & Entertainment Editor at IGN’s Sydney office. Follow her on Twitter.

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