Key Points
Mare of Easttown and Task will crossover in the new season of Task.
Emmy-winner Julianne Nicholson is reprising her Mare role in Task season 2.
Mahershala Ali was previously cast in the HBO crime drama.
HBO’s two worlds of Philadelphia crime are colliding.
Mare of Easttown star Julianne Nicholson will reprise her Emmy-winning role in season 2 of Task, Entertainment Weekly has confirmed.
Both originally billed as limited series, Mare and Task hail from creator and showrunner Brad Ingelsby.
Julianne Nicholson in ‘Mare of Easttown’
Credit: Michele K. Short/HBO
Premiering in 2021, Mare of Easttown starred Kate Winslet as Mare Sheehan, a detective in a Philadelphia suburb investigating the murder of a teenage mother. The tragic case hits home when Mare discovers that the killer is the young son of her best friend, Lori (Nicholson).
Ingelsby’s follow-up, Task, debuted last year, and focused on Philadelphia-based FBI agent Tom Brandis (Mark Ruffalo), who is put in charge of a task force looking into a series of violent robberies.
Task earned a second season after Ingelsby decided there was more story to tell, and he previously teased the possibility of a crossover. “They exist in the same world, so it wouldn’t surprise me one bit if Mare walked into a Wawa that Tom was in,” he said of his shows. “I don’t have a story in mind, but I love the idea of their worlds intersecting.”
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It’s unclear at this point how Nicholson’s Lori factors into the Task mix. After already adding Oscar winner Mahershala Ali for the new season, Nicholson brings plenty of her own bonafides to the roster. The actress won her second Emmy last year for her guest turn on Hacks and was also nominated for Paradise. She received her second nomination for Paradise on Wednesday.
Task season 1 received six Emmy nominations, including for Ruffalo and writing for Ingelsby.
Season 2 of Task will feature Tom taking the helm of a new task force, but the deeper the operation runs, the harder it is to tell who’s the target. Joining Nicholson, Ruffalo, and Ali in the cast are Harry Melling, Adam Nagaitis, Aminah Nieves, and Edgar Ramírez.
Variety first reported Nicholson’s Task casting.
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