HBO and Sky’s legal drama War has already cast its second season.
George Kay‘s show, which was given a two-season order from the off, has brought in Marisa Tomei (Spider-Man: Far From Home), Kelly Macdonald (Lanterns) and David Harewood (Sherwood) to lead the next case in the returning series alongside Richard Schiff (Clemency). Series two has rolled cameras ahead of series one launching later this year.
Joining the main cast are Claire Skinner, Omari Douglas, Kadiff Kirwan, Douglas Booth, Charles Edwards, Luca Pasqualino, Rebecca Front, Alexandra Maria Lara, Linus Roache, Violet Braeckman, Sasha Behar, Sid Phoenix, Cornelius Booth and Megan Channell.
Season 2 will see rival law firms Cathcarts and Taylor & Byrne take on an explosive defamation case.
The show’s first run will star Dominic West and Sienna Miller and is looking set to be one of HBO and Sky’s splashiest launches of the year. In that one, a high-profile divorce case between tech titan Morgan Henderson (West) and international film star Carla Duval (Sienna Miller) causes shockwaves.
Creator Kay is the brains behind shows like Hijack and Lupin. Kay is lead writer, with additional episodes written by Kelly Jones, Jess Brittain, Catherine Shepherd, Yemi Oyefuwa and Krissie Ducker.
The series’ lead director is Ben Taylor (Sex Education, Catastrophe). War is co-produced by All3Media’s New Pictures and Observatory Pictures, in association with Sky and HBO. The series is created, written and executive produced by Kay, alongside Willow Grylls (Gone, The Missing) and Imogen O’Sullivan (Champion) for New Pictures, and Taylor (Sex Education, Catastrophe), Susan Breen (The Woman in the Wall, Bad Sisters) and Megan Spanjian for Sky. The series producer is Matt Carver.
War will air on Sky and streaming service Now in the UK, Ireland and Italy, and on Sky and WOW in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. It will air on HBO and HBO Max in the U.S., and stream on HBO Max in Australia and Asia. International sales will be handled by NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution.
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