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HBO Drops Full Trailer for ‘Task,’ Sets Sept. 7 Premiere for Morally Complex Crime Drama

The new trailer’s stark images emphasize the series’ morally ambiguous tone ahead of its weekly launch on HBO and HBO Max

Overview

  • HBO confirmed that Task will debut on September 7 with a seven-episode season released weekly across HBO and HBO Max
  • The full trailer showcases dramatic FBI raids, cocaine busts and masked kidnappings to underline the show’s high-stakes narrative
  • Mark Ruffalo stars as an FBI agent who leads a cross-agency task force probing violent home-invasion robberies in the working-class Philadelphia suburbs
  • Tom Pelphrey plays the unsuspecting family man secretly orchestrating the crimes, illustrating Brad Ingelsby’s focus on blurred moral lines
  • Creator Brad Ingelsby returns after Mare of Easttown with directors Jeremiah Zagar and Salli Richardson-Whitfield filming on location to capture regional authenticity