Jared Harris to Star in 'Chernobyl' Miniseries on HBO

Jared Harris will be starring in HBO’s upcoming new drama miniseries following the accident at Chernobyl!

The 55-year-old former Mad Men star will be starring in the upcoming five-part miniseries titled Chernobyl as a scientist who has been hired to investigate the accident, the network announced at the TCA summer press tour.

Chernobyl will take a look at the “scientists and others who sacrificed to spare the world from a broader disaster in April 1986 when a reactor exploded at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Ukraine,” Variety reports.

Chernobyl will begin production in Lithuania early next year.