New Mark Ruffalo-Led HBO Series Set In Delco Premieres Next Week

DELAWARE COUNTY, PA — Last year, actor Mark Ruffalo was in and around Delaware County filming a new series from the creator of HBO's award-winning and locally set "Mare of Easttown."

And soon, the new series will premier on HBO.

The first episode of "Task" will release Sept. 7.

Ruffalo stars as a Philadelphia-based FBI agent who is put in charge of a task force to end a string of violent robberies undertaken by an unassuming family man, according to HBO.

The series was created by Brad Inglesby, a Berwyn native who also created "Mare of Easttown," which was also filmed and set locally. Both "Task" and "Mare" are set in the "same universe."

Task filmed across the area. Shooting locations included Ridley, Aston, Chadds Ford, Edgmont, the Delaware County Courthouse in Media, and Wissahickon Valley Park in Philadelphia.

Ruffalo said in an interview with Deadline that he will be playing a "damaged" FBI agent in "Task," and said his character and Kate Winslet's character from "Mare" could run into one another in the new series.

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Ingelsby in 2021 said he was open to a sequel to the series, but little information about a follow-up came out until recently.

He said to follow up on the first season, he would want to ensure a new "story honors the first chapter and does things an audience will appreciate" to move forward with a new chapter of "Mare of Easttown."

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Ruffalo is previously starred in another Delaware-County-set production in 2014's "Foxcatcher." Ruffalo played wrestler Dave Schultz, who was killed by John Eleuthère du Pont at du Pont's farm in Newtown Square in 1996.

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"Mare of Easttown" won four Emmy Awards: Outstanding Lead Actress for star Kate Winslet, Outstanding Supporting Actress for Julianne Nicholson, and Outstanding Supporting Actor for Evan Peters.