{"id":255302,"date":"2026-01-21T01:41:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T01:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/255302\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T01:41:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T01:41:14","slug":"hbo-max-casts-tariq-al-saies-as-lead-in-prequel-series-4-blocks-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/255302\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO Max Casts Tariq Al-Saies As Lead In Prequel Series \u20184 Blocks Zero\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBlindspot actor <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/tariq-al-saies\/\" id=\"auto-tag_tariq-al-saies\" data-tag=\"tariq-al-saies\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tariq Al-Saies<\/a> has been cast as a lead in <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/hbo-max\/\" id=\"auto-tag_hbo-max\" data-tag=\"hbo-max\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HBO Max<\/a>\u2018s upcoming German crime series <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/4-blocks-zero\/\" id=\"auto-tag_4-blocks-zero\" data-tag=\"4-blocks-zero\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">4 Blocks Zero<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHe will play the lead role of Ibrahim Mansour\u00a0in the prequel to German crime drama 4 Blocks. Set in 1990s Berlin, the eight-episode series explores the early years of the Hamady family following their arrival from Lebanon, charting their ascent within the city\u2019s criminal underworld.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAl-Saies is known for roles in the likes of ZDF\u2019s Liberame \u2013 After the Storm, MBC\u2019s Al Zind and NBC procedural Blindspot. He is represented by Actorsgarden.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWith HBO Max having recently launched in Germany, 4 Blocks Zero is a key one for HBO Max in Europe this year. W&amp;B Television is the producer, with a fall 2026 debut lined up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe creative team includes head writer Bernd Lange, with Bahar Bekta\u015f, Natalie Zoghbi, and Hassan Akkouch, and directors \u00d6zg\u00fcr Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m, H\u00fcseyin Tabak, Matthias Bolliger, and Max Preiss. Executive producers are Quirin Berg, Max Wiedemann, Marcus Welke, Matthias Junge, and Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m, with Anke Greifeneder overseeing the project for HBO Max.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tLast month, we picked the show as <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/12\/tv-dramas-to-watch-2026-lupin-gomorrah-origin-night-manager-1236649827\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a European drama to watch out for in 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe original 4 Blocks ran for three seasons on Warner Bros Discovery\u2019s German net TNT Series and ran on Prime Video internationally. It <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2018\/12\/tnt-4-blocks-1202520103\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">came to an end<\/a> in November 2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHere are two more pictures from the series.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4-Blocks-Zero1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHBO Max<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4-Blocks-Zero-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHBO Max<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Blindspot actor Tariq Al-Saies has been cast as a lead in HBO Max\u2018s upcoming German crime series 4&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255303,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[127288,93,3286,61,60,127289,282],"class_list":{"0":"post-255302","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-4-blocks-zero","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-hbo-max","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-tariq-al-saies","14":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}