HBO is back in business with Mare of Easttown Created by Brad Ingelsby.
Premium cable outlet has ordered a limited series about a law enforcement contingent and the criminals they try to arrest.
Mark Ruffalo is confirmed to star and executive produce.
The series was already in production long before the writers strike started, casting decisions It was also made before that. No other developments have occurred since the strike began in early May, and there is no date for production to start.
The untitled series marks the return of Ruffalo and Ingelsby to HBO. The actor won a 2020 Emmy for his limited series I Know This Much Is True Award, and starred in the exported 2020 movie The Normal Heart
(for which he also received an Ai Award nomination). Ingelsby wrote and executive produced Mare of Easttown for HBO, which won four Emmy Awards and earned Ingelsby a writing nomination.
Indie studio Wiip, behind the Mare of Easttown
, is producing a new series. Jeremiah Zagar (We the Animals, Netflix’s Hustle) will direct.
“We are so excited to be working again with Brad Ingelsby, the man behind the Mare of Easttown
Outstanding director. Brad’s boundless creativity and unparalleled ability to captivate audiences is inspiring, and we are more than excited to embark on another journey together,” said Francesca Orsi, Executive Vice President of Programming and Head of HBO Shows and Movies (Francesca Orsi) said. “When given the opportunity to work with Mark on another series, we all jumped at the chance to see him once again inject great humanity into a new character. We were also honored to be working with Jeremiah, an unparalleled director with a profound understanding of visual storytelling.” A deep understanding of this will only take this project to new heights. The coming together of these talents is so exciting and we can’t wait to share this story with the world.”
Ingelsby Will be with Wiip’s Paul Lee and Mark Roybal, Zagar and Ruffalo. Nicole Jordan-Webber and Public Record’s Jeremy Yaches is a collaboration EP.
Ingelsby is represented by LBI, CAA, McKuin Frankel and ID. Ruffalo has worked for Lighthouse Management & Media, UTA, Relevant, and Keith Klevan. Zagar and Yaches co-founded Public Record, which is represented by WME and Granderson Des Rochers. 2020
