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6. The New Pope

Jude Law The Young Pope
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Paolo Sorrentino's The Young Pope was a big winner for HBO back at the start of 2017, with the Italian director's sense of grandeur paired with a career-best performance from Jude Law and a whole lot of weirdness too.

The New Pope isn't a straightforward second season, although it will once again feature Law. However, it's not clear whether or not he'll be reprising his role as Lenny Belardo (indeed, it's not even known if that character is alive or dead).

Instead, it's being marketed as a new limited series that will nonetheless include elements of The Young Pope, alongside the key addition of John Malkovich in one of the leading roles, though that too is being kept under wraps for now.

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