Sometimes it seems like you are on TV. To do this, you just need to be in the studio where famous projects are filmed, where the lights are on and a beauty in a rhinestone dress performs on the stage.
For Konstantin Ernst, pulling off this trick is a piece of cake. He hosted the anniversary of the thirtieth (!) season of Channel One on the set of the show “Fantastica”. Who doesn’t know, this project features virtual characters drawn with graphics, behind which live, real stars equipped with sensors move in a special room.
A huge stage with burning squares, a place for the jury, Yulianna Karaulova with a microphone in her hand. Effective, really!
Konstantin Lvovich himself, however, performed “The Lamp”. He leaned on the table and told what the audience could expect in the near future. Next to him, according to the giant screens, sat a virtual character named Tele (also from the “Fantastic” series). In reality, the table was empty, so it seemed as if Ernst was talking to the infinite.
During the anniversary season, the channel prepared several high-profile historical projects. The series “Peter I” will tell about the entire life of the Tsar-Transformer, starting from his childhood. The film was created by director Sergei Ginzburg (“Cathedral”) and starred Konstantin Plotnikov, known to the general public for his role as Mikhail Gorshenev (“Gorshka”), in the title role. His Serene Highness Prince Menshikov was played by Plotnikov’s colleague in “The King and the Clown,” Evgeny Tkachuk. The actor recently got into a scandal, he was arrested with illegal drugs, but, fortunately, the film has already been shot.
In the serial film “Pavel. The First and the Last”, directed by Alexander Kott, the role of the emperor will be played by Denis Vlasenko. “The image of Paul the First was deliberately defamed,” Ernst noted. – And we decided to restore justice.
Actors Ksenia Traister and Alexander Zaryadin played the main roles in the series “Natalie and Alexander” about the relationship between Pushkin and his wife.
Of the dozens of other projects presented (many of which, however, are already on platforms), it is worth highlighting the series “Dashing” by Yuri Bykov, filmed, of course, around the 90s. And the return of the Mosgaz franchise. In the last season, Major Cherkasov (Andrei Smolyakov) dies. But in the cinema there is always hope for resurrection. “I still cannot answer the question whether Cherkasov is alive or not,” Ernst sighed. And then he added: “But you would like my answer.”
Konstantin Lvovich noted the return of Vladimir Pozner, whose film “Turkish Notebook” will be shown in the new season. This is the famous interviewer’s journey across Turkey. But the famous Pozner program will not return yet.
Casting for the popular season of “Ice Age” continues, with anyone who knows how to skate and is already 21 years old having the chance to participate.
The new entertainment show “Relatives” was also presented, where one hundred experts will guess which relative of the star is currently performing on stage.
Whether all of the above is fantastic or they won’t let us turn off the TV, we’ll soon find out!
