Remember Clive Owen? He’s mostly avoided large-scale features since 2019’s Gemini Man, although he did have a small role in last year’s Daisy Ridley-led actioner, Cleaner. But now Owen’s back, and confirming to Variety that he’ll star in Radioactive, the next film from The Tribe director Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi.
World of Reel spoke with Slaboshpytskyi, who said Radioactive will “tackle the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone”, established shortly after the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.
Slaboshpytskyi won international acclaim in 2014 with his breakout film, The Tribe, about an organized crime ring inside of a school for deaf students. However, it’s been tough going for the filmmaker since, as he’s not done another movie. He’s currently attached to direct The Tiger, a stalled project expected to star Alexander Skarsgard and Dane DeHaan.
As for Owen, he’s kept busy on the small screen on such miniseries as Monsieur Spade and A Murder At the End of the World. But it’ll be good to see him back on the big screen, and his signing should help Slaboshpytskyi get Radioactive off the ground. He’ll be seen soon in the Paramount+ series Unspeakable: The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey.
