Emilia Jones and Thuso Mbedu have signed on to join Brad Ingelsby’s Untitled Task Force series set at HBO.
Jones has been cast as Maeve, Robbie’s niece who has put her life on hold to care for Robbie’s children while Mbedu joins as Aleah, a Sergeant Detective who is recruited for Tom’s task force.
They join previously announced castmembers Mark Ruffalo (“I Know This Much Is True,” “Spotlight,” “Poor Things”), who will portray Tom, and Tom Pelphrey (“Love & Death,” “Ozark”), who is slated to star as Robbie.
Based on an original idea from Ingelsby (“Mare of Easttown”), the series tells the story of an FBI agent leading a Task Force to put an end to a string of drug-house robberies led by an unsuspecting family man. It’s set in the working class suburbs outside of Philadelphia.
Ingelsby serves as a writer and executive producer alongside Jeremiah Zagar and Salli Richardson-Whitfield, both of whom will also direct. In addition to starring, Ruffalo will also executive produce with Paul Lee and Mark Roybal for Wiip, David Crockett. Nicole Jordan-Webber and Public Record’s Jeremy Yaches serve as co-executive producers.
Jones’ past credits includes the Academy Award winning film, “CODA.” She also starred in Netflix’s “Locke & Key,” “Fairyland,” and “Cat Person.” She’ll next be seen in Susanna Fogel’s “Winner” biopic.
In addition to her notable role in Gina Prince-Bythewood’s “The Woman King,” Mbedu also starred in “The Underground Railroad” and was among the voice cast for Netflix’s “Castlevania: Nocturne.”
Jones is represented by by CAA, Brillstein Entertainment Partners, ARG Talent, and Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson McGinnis Ryan LLP. Mbedu is represented by Creative Partners Group, CAA, Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole, and Gang, Tyre, Ramer, Brown and Passman.