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| Edgar Ramirez to join cast of 'Task' Season 2 | Edgar Ramirez is joining the cast of Task. HBO confirmed Wednesday that Ramirez, 49, will star in Season 2 of the crime drama series. Task is created by Brad Ingelsby (Mare of Easttown) and stars Mark Ruffalo as Tom Brandis, an FBI agent and task force leader assigned to investigate a series of armed robberies in Season 1. Mahershala Ali was previously announced to join the Season 2 cast as Eddie Barnes, a DEA agent whose team clashes with Brandis. Other new cast members include Harry Melling and Adam Nagaitis as DEA agents Brennan Boylan and Luke Clemmons, with Aminah Nieves as Nataly Zamora, an FBI agent and young mother. HBO has yet to announce a premiere date for Season 2. |
| 'The Shards,' based on Bret Easton Ellis novel, to premiere Aug. 5 | The Shards, a series adaptation of the Bret Easton Ellis novel, is coming to FX and Hulu in August. FX shared a first-look photo and Aug. 5 premiere date for the teen drama Wednesday. Created by Ellis and Ryan Murphy (American Horror Story), The Shards is a thriller inspired by Ellis' final year at an elite Los Angeles prep school. The story follows a fictionalized version of Ellis, the author of American Psycho, who becomes obsessed with the idea that a new student is the serial killer known as the "Trawler." Homer Gere, Graham Campbell, Hayes Warner, Wes Bentley and Kaia Gerber also star. |
| 'Diarra from Detroit' Season 2 gets photo, July premiere date | Diarra from Detroit will return for a second season in July. Paramount+ shared a first-look photo and July 29 premiere date for Season 2 on Wednesday. Diarra from Detroit is a comedy-drama series created, written, executive produced by and starring Diarra Kilpatrick. The show follows Diarra Brickland (Kilpatrick), a detective who investigates mysteries in Detroit. "This time around, what starts as a seemingly harmless furniture recovery mission quickly spirals into a triple homicide investigation, a citywide treasure hunt and another trip deep into Detroit's criminal underbelly," an official synopsis reads. |
| Simone Ashley, Sharon Horgan among 'Only Murders' Season 6 guest stars | Bridgerton actress Simone Ashley and Catastrophe creator and star Sharon Horgan will guest star in Only Murders in the Building Season 6. Hulu announced the news Wednesday alongside photos of the new cast members. Also joining Season 6 are Jennifer Saunders (Absolutely Fabulous), Sean Teale (Skins), Amar Chadha-Patel (The Decameron), Rhea Norwood (Heartstopper) and Matthew Beard (Funny Woman). Only Murders in the Building is a comedy-drama series starring Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez as Charles-Haden, Oliver and Mabel, neighbors who bond while investigating a murder in their New York apartment building. Hulu previously announced Season 6 will bring the series to London. |
| Jeremy Strong plays Mark Zuckerberg in 'The Social Reckoning' teaser | Sony Pictures is giving a glimpse of the new film The Social Reckoning. The studio shared a teaser trailer for the movie Wednesday featuring Succession star Jeremy Strong as Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg. Described as "a companion piece" to the 2010 film The Social Network, which dramatized the founding of Facebook in the early 2000s, The Social Reckoning focuses on the 2021 Facebook leak by whistleblower Frances Haugen (Mikey Madison). |