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Two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali will join returning lead Mark Ruffalo in the second season of Brad Ingelsby’s crime drama “Task” at HBO. Ruffalo is the only confirmed returnee at this time.
Ali will play Eddie Barnes, a well-respected DEA agent in Philadelphia whose team comes into conflict with Ruffalo’s Tom Brandis who is head of a new task force. Ingelsby will return as showrunner. [Source: THR]
CIA
CBS has renewed Dick Wolf’s “CIA” series for a second season. Tom Ellis and Nick Gehlfuss lead the series which saw its season premiere watched by 8.4 million multiplatform viewers within its first seven days. CBS has also reportedly seen a 39% increase in time period viewership from last fall through the show’s first three episodes. [Source: TV Line]
Marvel's 'Blade' Star Joins Mark Ruffalo in Season 2 of HBO's Best Crime Series
Mark Ruffalo is about to clash with another Marvel star in Philadelphia. Mahershala Ali, the lead of the MCU's long-gestating Blade movie, has been tapped for a major role opposite the Incredible Hulk in Season 2 of the hit series Task at HBO. Other than the four-time Oscar nominee, who led the crime drama to widespread acclaim last year, Ali is the first cast member to be officially confirmed for its sophomore outing. It'll mark a return to the premium cable network for him after the two-time Oscar winner's role in Season 3 of True Detective back in 2019.
Not much is known about Task Season 2 so far, but Ali's casting adds a bit of clarity about what's next for Ruffalo's FBI agent Tom Brandis. After Season 1 put Brandis at the helm of a task force to crack down on a spree of violent robberies and forced him to confront his own family tragedy, he's now set to helm a new task force that becomes more complicated as he digs deeper. The more he uncovers, the harder it is to determine who the real target is. Ali will play Eddie Barnes, who is described as "a seasoned and well-respected DEA agent in Philadelphia" whose unit clashes with Brandis's team as their operation unfolds.
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Casting News: Task Adds Mahershala Ali, Succession Alum Joins HBO Comedy, And More
Mahershala Ali is joining the cast of the acclaimed HBO crime drama for Season 2, Variety reports. He'll play Eddie Barnes, "a seasoned and well-respected DEA agent in Philadelphia whose team comes into conflict with Tom's unit."
Ali joins an ensemble that includes Mark Ruffalo, who led the Season 1 cast as FBI agent Tom Brandis. In Season 2, "Tom Brandis takes the helm of a new task force, but the deeper the operation runs, the harder it is to tell who's the target," per the official logline.
Hailing from "Mare of Easttown" creator Brad Ingelsby, "Task" debuted last September with a seven-episode freshman season. (Check out our finale post mortem with Ruffalo and Ingelsby here.) It earned a Season 2 renewal in November, with Ruffalo and Ingelsby set to return.
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