Craig Mazin's five-part adaptation of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986 begins with Jared Harris's Valery Legasov taking his own life. It is, says Harris, the inciting mystery in a story that will examine both the human cost of the event, and the social and political fallout. Freshly wrapped on HBO, the series…

EXCLUSIVE: There's a lot of anecdotes about what a global sensation Chernobyl has become for HBO, but like the fallout from the horrific nuclear plant eruption of 1986, it is the numbers that tell the real story. And unlike the initially suppressed devastation that still leaves parts of Ukraine soaked in radiation…

EXCLUSIVE: Jared Harris, perhaps best known for roles in AMC’s Mad Men and Netflix’s The Crown, has signed on for the Daniel Espinosa-directed the Spider-Man Universe spinoff, Morbius, at Sony Pictures. Jared Leto is attached to take on the role of Dr. Michael Morbius, the renowned biochemist created by writer Roy…

HBO’s miniseries Chernobyl, about the 1986 nuclear accident in the Soviet Union, is as "close to reality" as possible within a five-hour structure. The Huntsman: Winter's War's Craig Mazin, who wrote and exec produced the drama, said, "We want to be as accurate as we can be. We never changed anything to make it more…

EXCLUSIVE: Angus Macfadyen who played the renowned warrior and king Robert the Bruce in Braveheart is portraying the historical hero again in what is turning out to be an epic Scottish drama Robert the Bruce from Aussie director Richard Gray (Sugar Mountain). Macfadyen and Eric Belgau scripted the story that continues…

Alice Krige (Tyrant) and Jared Harris (The Crown) are set for recurring roles on Carnival Row, Amazon’s eight-episode straight-to-series fantasy drama, from Rene Echevarria, Travis Beacham, Paul McGuigan and Legendary Television. Carnival Row is described as a fantasy-noir set in a neo-Victorian city. Mythical…

Five-part miniseries Chernobyl, the first production under HBO and Sky’s recently announced drama partnership,  is set to begin filming next year, with The Crown‘s Jared Harris in the starring role. Kary Antholis, president of HBO Miniseries and Cinemax Programming, announced the project today during HBO’s…

Jared Harris (Mad Men, The Crown) is set to star in AMC’s anthology drama series The Terror, based on the bestselling 2007 novel by Dan Simmons. Scott Free, Alexandra Milchan's Emjag Productions, Entertainment 360 and AMC Studios are producing the 10-episode straight-to-series drama set to premiere in 2017…

EXCLUSIVE: Actor Jared Harris has signed with ICM Partners ahead of two big films in 2015, Warner Bros.’ The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and Fox 2000’s summer horror remake Poltergeist. Harris is known for his turn as Lane Pryce on AMC’s Mad Men, which nabbed him a Best Supporting Actor Emmy nod. He also made a memorable mark…

UPDATED, 2:58 PM: Three more actors are set for the Black List‘s June 14 table read of 1969: A Space Odyssey, Or How Kubrick Learned To Stop Worrying And Land On the Moon. Clark Gregg (Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Avengers) will play CIA Director Richard Helms, and Mad Men regulars Aaron Staton and Rich Sommer…

Mad Men alum Jared Harris stars with Sam Claflin, Olivia Cooke, Erin Richards and Rory Fleck-Byrne in supernatural thriller. The Hammer production sets Harris as a professor who leads his students off the grid for an attempt to raise a poltergeist from negative human energy. John Pogue directs The Quiet Ones from a…

EXCLUSIVE: Sherlock Holmes star Jared Harris has nabbed a lead role in MGM and Fox 2000’s Poltergeist reboot. Harris will play Carrigan, a larger than life TV personality who left the world of academia behind to become the star host of basic cable TV show Haunted House Cleaners. Gil Kenan is directing from a script…