10-11-2015

HBO Europe Starts Production on Wasteland

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    PRAGUE: Principal photography has started on Pustina / Wasteland, an eight-part original drama series written for HBO Europe by Stepan Hulik, writer of the acclaimed HBO miniseries Burning Bush directed by Agnieszka Holland.

    The new series, consisting of eight one-hour episodes being shot in the Czech Republic, tells the story of a mining village on the verge of extinction. Sitting on huge reserves of coal, foreign mining interests plan to acquire the village, remove its population and their homes and establish a soul-less mining complex. The villagers are divided; some see this as an opportunity for a new life elsewhere, others want to preserve their homes and traditional life.

    Internationally acclaimed Czech commercials director Ivan Zacharias will direct four episodes and film director Alice Nellis will direct four.

    The series is produced by Nutprodukce and Etamp, who produced Burning Bush for HBO Europe.

    Principal photography commenced in early November for broadcast in the fall of 2016.

    Production Contact:

    HBO Europe s.r.o.
    Jankovcova 1037/49
    170 00 Praha
    Czech Republic
    Tel.: +420-261-094-444
    Fax: +420-261-094-455

    Nutprodukce
    Bubenská 1
    170 00, Praha 7
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    Etamp Film Production
    Struhařovská 9
    Prague 4
    141 00
    phone: 420 272 772 258
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