{"id":245650,"date":"2025-10-23T08:47:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T08:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/245650\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T08:47:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T08:47:08","slug":"hbo-sky-legal-thriller-war-casts-slow-horses-star-nick-mohammed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/245650\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO, Sky Legal Thriller ‘War’ Casts ‘Slow Horses’ Star Nick Mohammed"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tHBO<\/a> and Sky legal thriller series War<\/a> has rounded out its cast with some popular faces who are joining Dominic West<\/a> (The Wire, The Crown), who plays tech titan Morgan Henderson, opposite Sienna Miller<\/a> (Anatomy of a Scandal,\u202fAmerican Sniper) as his estranged wife and international<\/a> film star, Carla Duval. Celia Imrie<\/a> (The Thursday Murder Club, The Diplomat) will feature as series regular Budgie, while Nick Mohammed<\/a> (Slow Horses, Ted Lasso) has joined the cast as series regular Michael Stefanou, the partners said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\n\tCreated by showrunner George Kay (Lupin, Hijack), directed by Ben Taylor (Sex Education, Catastrophe), and co-produced by All3Media\u2019s New Pictures and Observatory Pictures, War received a two-season commitment from Sky and HBO. It follows two of London\u2019s most prestigious rival law firms.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tAlso added to War as series regulars are Shaheen Jafargholi (Lost Boys and Faries, The Agency season 2), Akiya Henry (Protection, Malice), Honor Swinton Byrne (The Souvenir, A Very Royal Scandal), Miles Jupp (The Full Monty, The Durrells), Kartanya Maynard (Heartbreak High, Deadlock), Alexandra Mardell (Smoggie Queens, The Family Pile), Mark Quartley (Inside Man, Cursed), and Steve Furst (I Fought The Law, A Gentleman in Moscow).<\/p>\n

\n\tMeanwhile, guest stars announced on Wednesday include Rose Williams (Mrs Harris Goes to Paris, Sanditon), Camille Coduri (Big Boys, Rain Dogs), Mumsy Monroe, and Aran Murphy (Klara and the Sun).<\/p>\n

\n\tPreviously unveiled cast members also include Phoebe Fox, James McArdle, Nina Sosanya, Pip Torrens and Archie Renaux.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWar follows two of London\u2019s most prestigious rival firms \u2014 Cathcarts and Taylor & Byrne \u2014 as they go head-to-head in the divorce case of the century,\u201d says a synopsis. \u201cEach side is certain they\u2019ll win. But as the case spirals and loyalties fracture, reputations are on the line, and everyone\u2019s playing to win. This is just the beginning \u2013 season one\u2019s explosive case is the first in an anthology of headline-making legal battles.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWar will be available on HBO and HBO Max<\/a> in the U.S. and stream on HBO Max in Australia and Asia. It will be on Sky and its streaming service Now in the U.K., Ireland, Italy and Sky and on Sky Deutschland\u2019s streamer Wow in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. <\/p>\n

\n\tInternational sales of the series will be handled by NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HBO and Sky legal thriller series War has rounded out its cast with some popular faces who are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[65611,88,1035,1010,2091,134466,65613,134467],"class_list":{"0":"post-245650","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-dominic-west","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-hbo","11":"tag-hbo-max","12":"tag-international","13":"tag-nick-mohammed","14":"tag-sienna-miller","15":"tag-sky-cinema"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}