Production crews for HBO’s hit show Task will be present in Wissahickon Valley Park this week to film scenes for its second season.
According to a PhillyVoice report, Friends of the Wissahickon, the nonprofit that maintains the 2,000-acre park, shared a notice on Friday, July 31, indicating that Task crews will film from Monday, Aug. 3, to Friday, Aug. 7. The park in Northwest Philly served as the setting for much of the show’s high-stakes action scenes during the first season.
For Season 2, scenes will be shot in parts of Forbidden Drive. This 5.3-mile-long trail follows the creek past the Valley Green Inn and other landmarks. According to the notice, Forbidden Trail will stay open to the public during filming; however, other areas of the park will have temporary closures.
On Tuesday, Aug. 4, and Wednesday, Aug. 5, the trail entrance at Manatawna Avenue will be closed. Visitors can access Houston Meadow using the Houston Playground entrance or by following the Yellow Trail.
Forbidden Drive will have signs posted to alert visitors about where production equipment is stationed and where trail users should slow down. An interactive map is available to help visitors make their way around the park.
According to the PhillyVoice, in Season 2, Mark Ruffalo will reprise his role as FBI agent Tom Brandis. He will appear opposite Mahershala Ali, cast as Philadelphia-based DEA agent Eddie Barnes. While Season 1 followed Brandis’s Philadelphia-area task force, Season 2 is expected to shift focus to a new task force under Brandis with a murkier target identification framework.
Julianne Nicholson, who played the Emmy-winning role of Lori Ross in Mare of Easttown, will reprise her role from that show in Season 2 of Task. Additionally, Deadline reported that Martha Plimpton, who played Brandis’ boss, FBI Supervisory Senior Resident in Charge Kathleen McGinty, will return for Season 2.
The first season of Task received six Emmy nominations in July, including nods for Ruffalo, Tom Pelphrey, and Brad Ingelsby, according to the PhillyVoice. Nominations were also given for directing, editing, and cinematography.
No premiere date for Season 2 has been announced.