''Task'' is an upcoming American

crime drama Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...

television miniseries created and written by

Brad Ingelsby Brad Ingelsby (born January 4, 1980) is an American screenwriter and film producer. Early life and education Ingelsby is the son of basketball player and coach Tom Ingelsby and Rose Ingelsby. His brother Martin Ingelsby is also a basketball co ...

for

HBO Home Box Office (HBO) is an American pay television service, which is the flagship property of namesake parent-subsidiary Home Box Office, Inc., itself a unit owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The overall Home Box Office business unit is based a ...

. It stars

Mark Ruffalo Mark Alan Ruffalo (; born November 22, 1967) is an American actor. He began acting in the late 1980s and first gained recognition for his work in Kenneth Lonergan's play ''This Is Our Youth'' (1996) and drama film ''You Can Count on Me'' (2000) ...

Tom Pelphrey Thomas J. Pelphrey (born July 28, 1982) is an American actor. He is known for playing the roles of Jonathan Randall on the CBS television series ''Guiding Light'' (for which he won two Daytime Emmy Awards), Mick Dante on the CBS television serie ...

, Emilia Jones,

Thuso Mbedu Thuso Nokwanda Mbedu (born 8 July 1991) is a South African actress. She rose to prominence for her performance in the South African teen drama series ''Is'Thunzi'' for which she was nominated consecutively for an International Emmy Award, Intern ...

, Raúl Castillo, Jamie McShane,

Sam Keeley Samuel Keeley is an Irish actor from County Offaly. His first major acting break was in the role of Philip in the RTÉ's television series '' Raw''. He later appeared in the films '' Burnt'', '' Monsters: Dark Continent'', '' The Siege of Jadot ...

, Fabien Frankel, and

Alison Oliver Alison Oliver is an Irish actress. She is known for her debut role as Frances in the BBC Three and Hulu miniseries '' Conversations with Friends'' (2022), and she was named in '' Variety''s "10 actors to watch" in 2023. Early life and educa ...

. It is slated to premiere in September 2025.

Premise

A Philadelphia-based FBI agent (Ruffalo) is put in charge of a task force to end a string of violent robberies undertaken by an unassuming family man (Pelphrey).

Cast

Main

as Tom *

as Robbie * Emilia Jones as Maeve *

as Aleah * Raúl Castillo as Cliff * Jamie McShane as Perry *

as Jayson * Fabien Frankel as Anthony *

as Lizzie

Recurring

* Silvia Dionicio as Emily *

Owen Teague Owen William Teague is an American actor. He has played roles in '' Mrs. Fletcher'' (2019), '' Inherit the Viper'' (2019), '' The Stand'' (2020–2021), '' Montana Story'' (2021), '' To Leslie'' (2022), '' Gone in the Night'' (2022), ''Bloodline ...

as Peaches * Dominic Colón as Deric *

Margarita Levieva Margarita Levieva is an American actress. Early life Levieva was born in Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia) into a Russian Jewish family. Both of her grandmothers, as children, survived the siege of Leningrad during World W ...

as Eryn *

Raphael Sbarge Raphael Sbarge (born February 12, 1964) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Jake Straka on ''The Guardian'' (2001–04), Jiminy Cricket / Dr. Archibald Hopper on ''Once Upon a Time'' (2011–18) and Inspe ...

as Chief Dorsey *

Mickey Sumner Brigitte Michael "Mickey" Sumner (born 19 January 1984) is an English actress best known for her film roles as Sophie Levee in ''Frances Ha'' (2012) and Farrah in ''The Mend (film), The Mend'' (2014) and her television roles as Katia on ''Low W ...

as Shelley Driscoll * Brian Goodman as Vincent Hawkes * Elvis Nolasco as Freddy Frias * Colin Bates as Shane McReynolds * Isaach De Bankolé as Daniel Georges *

Phoebe Fox Phoebe Fox (born 16 April 1987) is an English actress, who was nominated for Olivier and Evening Standard awards for work in theatre. She has appeared in the ''Black Mirror'' episode " The Entire History of You" (2011), '' The Woman in Black: An ...

as Sara *

Coral Peña Coral Peña (born ) is a Dominican actor. She is known for playing the role of NASA flight director Aleida Rosales on the Apple TV+ series '' For All Mankind''. Early life and education Peña was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and r ...

as Meg Coyle *

Martha Plimpton Martha Plimpton (born November 16, 1970) is an American actress and member of the Carradine family. She started her career as a teen actress in film before transitioning to adult roles on stage and screen. She has received several awards includ ...

as Kathleen McGinty *

Mireille Enos Marie Mireille Enos (; born September 22, 1975) is an American actress known for the lead role as homicide detective Sarah Linden in the drama series '' The Killing.'' Early life Enos was born on September 22, 1975, in Kansas City, Missouri. ...

as Susan Brandis

Production

Development

In June 2023, it was announced

had greenlit the series, with

serving as creator and writer, and

Jeremiah Zagar Jeremiah Zagar (; born 1981) is an American filmmaker. He has directed the feature films '' We the Animals'' (2018) and '' Hustle'' (2022). The former was nominated for five categories at the 34th Independent Spirit Awards. He also directed the ...

set to direct multiple episodes. In December 2023, it was announced Salli Richardson-Whitfield would also direct multiple episodes and serve as an executive producer. In November 2024, the series's title, ''Task'', was announced.

Casting

Upon the initial announcement,

was set to star in the series. In December 2023,

, Emilia Jones,

, Raúl Castillo, Jamie McShane,

, Fabien Frankel and

joined the cast of the series. In March 2024,

, Dominic Colón,

, Elvis Nolasco, Brian Goodman, Colin Bates, Isaach De Bankolé,

, Silvia Dionicio and

joined the cast in recurring roles. In November 2024,

and

were announced as part of the cast.

Filming

Principal photography Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production. Personnel Besides the main film personnel, such as the ...

began in March 2024 in the

Delaware County, Pennsylvania Delaware County, colloquially referred to as Delco, is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. With a population of 576,830 as of the 2020 census, it is the List of counties in Pennsylv ...

and

Philadelphia Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ...

Broadcast

''Task'' is scheduled to premiere on HBO in September 2025.

References

External links

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