Task Cast: Mark Ruffalo and Tom Pelphrey Star in HBO Crime Drama

The ‘Task’ Master: How a Scuttled ‘Mare of Easttown’ Season 2 Paved the Way for Brad Ingelsby’s New HBO Drama

Four years after “Mare of Easttown” enthralled audiences and won a bevy of Emmy awards, creator Brad Ingelsby is back with “Task.” It’s another Pennsylvania-set HBO drama, this time drawing inspiration from “Heat” to tell the tale of an FBI agent (Mark Ruffalo) hunting down a criminal (Tom Pelphrey) with the same character-rich, morally complex and emotionally wrenching storytelling that made “Mare” such a hit. If “Task” feels a little bit like …

'Task' review: 'Mare of Easttown' creator's new crime drama aches with familial grief

Mark Ruffalo and Tom Pelphrey shine in "Mare of Easttown" creator Brad Ingelsby's HBO crime drama "Task." Review.

Mark Ruffalo plays cat and mouse game in ‘Task’

“Task,” Sunday night on HBO, is a minseries whose title refers to the FBI task force created to capture the gang responsible for violent robberies and murder of rival gangs in Philadelphia. Created, written and executive produced by Brad Ingelsby, a former Catholic high school teacher who scored with Ben Affleck’s rehab drama “The Way Back” and the blue collar Kate Winslet drama “Mare of Easttown,” “Task” stars Mark Ruffalo as Tom Brandis, the d…

Task cast: Mark Ruffalo and Tom Pelphrey star in HBO crime drama

The creator of Mare of Easttown, Brad Ingelsby, is back with a new crime drama for HBO (airing via Sky and NOW in the UK), this time starring Mark Ruffalo and Tom Pelphrey.Task follows Ruffalo's character Tom, a former priest now working for the FBI. He is assigned to lead a taskforce looking into a spate of violent robberies.Committing said robberies is Pelphrey's Robbie, a garbage collector and family man struggling to raise his children after…

Thuso Mbedu’s more than up to this task – The Mail & Guardian

South African-born actress Thuso Mbedu is a force. Having starred in The Underground Railroad (2021) and The Woman King (2022), she has landed yet another challenging role as Aleah Clinton in the crime drama Task, premiering on HBO and Showmax on 8 September.  From the creator of Mare of Easttown, Brad Ingelsby, Task dishes out seven gripping episodes, featuring high-octane action, simmering tension and nuanced performances.   Primarily filmed i…

Review: 'Task,' from creator of 'Mare of Easttown,' is centered on two tenderhearted, tragic men

Brad Ingelsby, creator of 'Mare of Easttown,' returns with a new crime drama, also set in Pennsylvania, starring Mark Ruffalo and Tom Pelphrey as a pair of messed-up men.