John Malkovich joins Jude Law in HBO’s The New Pope

Jude Law has a new co-star in HBO’s upcoming The New Pope, namely John Malkovich. The series is a follow-up to The Young Pope and, per CS.net, will see Malkovich play an as-yet-unrevealed role. HBO has also not yet revealed details on the new run’s plot.

The Young Pope told the story of Lenny Belardo, aka Pius XIII, the first American Pope in history. Young and charming, his election seems to be the result of a simple yet effective media strategy on the part of the College of Cardinals. But appearances can be deceptive – above all, in the place where people have chosen the great mystery of God as the compass guiding their existence. That place is the Vatican and those people are the leaders of the Church. And Pius XIII proves to be the most mysterious and contradictory of them all. Shrewd and naïve, ironic and pedantic, primeval and cutting-edge, doubting and resolute, melancholy and ruthless, Pius XIII tries to cross the endless river of human solitude to find a God he can give to mankind. And to himself.