Hot damn,True DetectiveSeason 3 is shaping up to be one exciting TV project. HBO took some time ordering a new installment of the anthology series after Season 2 stumbled with critics, but ever since Season 3 became official, the good news just keeps rolling in. The series is casting up andGodlessstarScoot McNairyis the latest actor to come aboard, alongside previously announced cast membersMahershala AliandCarmen Ejogo, actorStephen Dorff.
The story ofTrue DetectiveSeason 3 takes place in the heart of the Ozarks, where a baffling crime influences the lives of characters over three decades across three different time periods. Ali plays Wayne Hays, a state police detective from northwest Arkansas, and Dorff will play an Arkansas State Investigator whose career has also been influenced by the aforementioned crime. Ejogo co-stars as an Arkansas schoolteacher with a connection to two children who went missing in the 1980s. Per Deadline, McNairy will play Tom, “a father who suffers a terrible loss that ties his fate to that of two state police detectives over 10 years.” McNairy is well versed in TV – in addition to starring on Netflix’s Western seriesGodless, he previously turned in four seasons on AMC’sHalt and Catch Fire.
True DetectivecreatorNic Pizzolattois back as showrunner and has written every episode of Season 3 aside from Episode 4, which he co-wrote withDavid Milch. TheDeadwoodcreator was recruited by HBO to pair with Pizzolatto on crafting the third season. Pizzolatto is also set to make his directorial debut on some Season 3 episodes alongsideBlue RuinandGreen RoomhelmerJeremy Saulnier,who was chosen as the principal directorforTrue DectectiveSeason 3.Cary Joji Fukunagadirected the entirety of Season 1 while multiple directors worked on Season 2, includingJustin LinandGame of Thrones’Miguel Sapochnik.
We don’t know how many episodes to expect fromTrue Detective’s third season, and while a release date hasn’t been confirmed, HBO bossCasey Bloysrecentlyconfirmed the series return for 2019.
