Ukraine is calling out HBO’s “The White Lotus” for casting Serbian actor Miloš Biković in Season 3, claiming that he is the “Kremlin’s foreign mouthpiece.”
Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs took to X/Twitter, on Wednesday to express its disappointment over the casting.
“Miloš Biković, Serbian actor who has been supporting Russia since the start of the full-scale invasion, is now set to star in HBO’s ‘The White Lotus’ Season 3,” the post reads. “@HBO, is it all right for you to work with a person who supports genocide & violates international law?”
The post is accompanied by a video accusing Biković of supporting the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The clip shows the actor receiving a medal of honor from Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2018 for his contribution to Russian arts and culture. Biković has held Russian citizenship since 2021 and referred to himself as an “active member of...
Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs took to X/Twitter, on Wednesday to express its disappointment over the casting.
“Miloš Biković, Serbian actor who has been supporting Russia since the start of the full-scale invasion, is now set to star in HBO’s ‘The White Lotus’ Season 3,” the post reads. “@HBO, is it all right for you to work with a person who supports genocide & violates international law?”
The post is accompanied by a video accusing Biković of supporting the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The clip shows the actor receiving a medal of honor from Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2018 for his contribution to Russian arts and culture. Biković has held Russian citizenship since 2021 and referred to himself as an “active member of...
- 1/25/2024
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Ukraine has attacked HBO after The White Lotus cast Miloš Biković, a Serbian actor who has voiced his admiration for Russia and accepted a medal from Vladimir Putin.
Biković joined Season 3 of Mike White’s hit drama earlier this month, with production set to begin in Thailand next month on a story following a new group of guests at another White Lotus hotel.
Character details have not been confirmed, but Deadline understands that Biković is believed to be playing a Russian.
Ukraine posted a social media video calling out Warner Bros.Discovery’s decision to give Biković work. Tagging HBO, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked: “Is it all right for you to work with a person who supports genocide & violates international law?”
Miloš Biković, Serbian actor who has been supporting Russia since the start of the full-scale invasion, is now set to star in HBO's The White Lotus Season 3@HBO,...
Biković joined Season 3 of Mike White’s hit drama earlier this month, with production set to begin in Thailand next month on a story following a new group of guests at another White Lotus hotel.
Character details have not been confirmed, but Deadline understands that Biković is believed to be playing a Russian.
Ukraine posted a social media video calling out Warner Bros.Discovery’s decision to give Biković work. Tagging HBO, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked: “Is it all right for you to work with a person who supports genocide & violates international law?”
Miloš Biković, Serbian actor who has been supporting Russia since the start of the full-scale invasion, is now set to star in HBO's The White Lotus Season 3@HBO,...
- 1/25/2024
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Wagner Moura is set to star in the upcoming biopic Angicos about Brazilian educator and author Paulo Freire. Felipe Hirsch will write and direct and Adriana Tavares of Café Royal will produce alongside Paula Linhares of Cenya Productions and Marcos Tellechea and Guilherme Somlo of Reagent Media.
Angicos begins in the town of the same name in Rio Grande do Norte in 1963, with the mission of educator Freire (Moura) to fight against illiteracy by teaching the entire village of blue-collar, domestic, and cotton farm workers how to read and write in only 40 hours – a seemingly impossible feat.
Funded by President John F. Kennedy to solidify the South American nation as an ally in the Cold War amidst worldwide social and economic tensions, the success of the endeavor resulted in the planned implementation of Freire’s literary system on a nationwide level. However, before long,...
Angicos begins in the town of the same name in Rio Grande do Norte in 1963, with the mission of educator Freire (Moura) to fight against illiteracy by teaching the entire village of blue-collar, domestic, and cotton farm workers how to read and write in only 40 hours – a seemingly impossible feat.
Funded by President John F. Kennedy to solidify the South American nation as an ally in the Cold War amidst worldwide social and economic tensions, the success of the endeavor resulted in the planned implementation of Freire’s literary system on a nationwide level. However, before long,...
- 5/21/2023
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Inaugural regional cash rebate has 100,000 Chf cap.
The canton of Valais has become Switzerland’s first region to launch an automatic cash rebate scheme to attract Swiss and international audiovisual productions.
Tristan Albrecht, head of the newly-created Valais Film Commission, was in Locarno this weekend to announce the full roll-out of the film commission’s services and the introduction of the cash rebate scheme.
During a discussion of new film financing models in Switzerland as part of the Locarno Pro programme of events, Albrecht explained that the architects of the Valais Film Commission had been inspired by the example of...
The canton of Valais has become Switzerland’s first region to launch an automatic cash rebate scheme to attract Swiss and international audiovisual productions.
Tristan Albrecht, head of the newly-created Valais Film Commission, was in Locarno this weekend to announce the full roll-out of the film commission’s services and the introduction of the cash rebate scheme.
During a discussion of new film financing models in Switzerland as part of the Locarno Pro programme of events, Albrecht explained that the architects of the Valais Film Commission had been inspired by the example of...
- 8/7/2022
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
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