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How The Last of Us went from hit game to hit zombie tv

Channels with Peter Kafka

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How Did You Become the Guy Who Made Chernobyl?

"I always was the guy that made Chernobyl, I just hadn't made Chernobyl yet," says Judd Apatow. HBO took a chance on him because you know, "You're going to hire the Hangover guy to write a movie or show about Chernobyl"? But he found himself both in drama and long-form television allows him to tell stories the way he thinks he naturally wanted to,. That means I interpret my work, I finish it, I cast it, I edit it, I complete it."

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