True Detective is a TV show about crime stories, made by Nic Pizzolatto. It started airing on HBO in the US on January 12, 2014. Each season tells a different story with new actors and locations. After the fourth season ended in February 2024, HBO decided to make a fifth season with López returning in her roles.
Due to its popularity, the stars of the show “True Detective” have earned a huge amount of money.
If you want to know more about how much they earn, keep reading this article till the end. You will also find out who the richest stars on the show “True Detective” are, starting from the least wealthy to the wealthiest. So, keep reading this article till the end to find out everything.
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The Richest “True Detective” Stars Ranked From Lowest To Highest Net Worth!
Due to its popularity, the stars of the show “True Detective” have earned a huge amount of money.
If you want to know more about how much they earn, keep reading this article till the end. You will also find out who the richest stars on the show “True Detective” are, starting from the least wealthy to the wealthiest. So, keep reading this article till the end to find out everything.
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The Richest “True Detective” Stars Ranked From Lowest To Highest Net Worth!
- 5/2/2024
- by Om Prakash Kaushal
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Get ready to return to the scene of the crime, True Detective fans.
HBO execs announced today that they've renewed the network's flagship crime drama for a fifth season.
Issa Lopez, who helmed the season that wrapped up last week, will be returning as showrunner.
"Issa Lopez is that one-of-a-kind, rare talent that speaks directly to HBO’s creative spirit," said HBO’s head of drama Francesca Orsi, in a statement issued today.
"She helmed True Detective: Night Country from start to finish, never once faltering from her own commendable vision, and inspiring us with her resilience both on the page and behind the camera," Orsi added.
“Alongside Jodie [Foster] and Kali [Reis]’ impeccable performances, she’s made this installation of the franchise a massive success, we are so lucky to have her as part of our family.”
If the reaction on social media is any indication, the final episode of...
HBO execs announced today that they've renewed the network's flagship crime drama for a fifth season.
Issa Lopez, who helmed the season that wrapped up last week, will be returning as showrunner.
"Issa Lopez is that one-of-a-kind, rare talent that speaks directly to HBO’s creative spirit," said HBO’s head of drama Francesca Orsi, in a statement issued today.
"She helmed True Detective: Night Country from start to finish, never once faltering from her own commendable vision, and inspiring us with her resilience both on the page and behind the camera," Orsi added.
“Alongside Jodie [Foster] and Kali [Reis]’ impeccable performances, she’s made this installation of the franchise a massive success, we are so lucky to have her as part of our family.”
If the reaction on social media is any indication, the final episode of...
- 2/22/2024
- by Tyler Johnson
- TVfanatic
This article contains spoilers for the "True Detective: Night Country" finale.
When "True Detective" aired back in 2014, one of the things that made it so darkly alluring was the folk and cosmic horror element. One of the most salient examples of this was the spiral symbol, which was first seen tattooed on the back of murder victim Dora Lange in the pilot episode. Alas, as the season went on, all we learned about this mysterious motif was that it was somehow tied to the cult responsible for Lange's murder and an ongoing child trafficking operation in Southern Louisiana. That and it seemed to symbolize Rust Cohle's (Matthew McConaughey) famous "Time is a flat circle" line.
After this, show creator Nic Pizzolatto largely ignored the spiral, aside from a brief mention in season 3 of the show. But then, Mexican filmmaker Issa López took over as showrunner, and in 2023, the trailer...
When "True Detective" aired back in 2014, one of the things that made it so darkly alluring was the folk and cosmic horror element. One of the most salient examples of this was the spiral symbol, which was first seen tattooed on the back of murder victim Dora Lange in the pilot episode. Alas, as the season went on, all we learned about this mysterious motif was that it was somehow tied to the cult responsible for Lange's murder and an ongoing child trafficking operation in Southern Louisiana. That and it seemed to symbolize Rust Cohle's (Matthew McConaughey) famous "Time is a flat circle" line.
After this, show creator Nic Pizzolatto largely ignored the spiral, aside from a brief mention in season 3 of the show. But then, Mexican filmmaker Issa López took over as showrunner, and in 2023, the trailer...
- 2/19/2024
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
Warning: We're in the Night Country now. This article contains spoilers for the "True Detective" season 4 finale.
All throughout this latest season of "True Detective," writer/director Issa López has hammered home the point that "Night Country" is meant to be a direct sequel to season 1. Ever since, the show's notoriously conspiracy-hunting fans have been on the hunt for clues and references and Easter eggs, any of which could plausibly give us amateur sleuths the inside scoop on how everything would ultimately wrap up. The Tuttle connection with Tsalal Station, the Travis Cohle namedrop, the recurring spiral motif, and even the finale's "Time is a flat circle" callback have provided endless amounts of ammunition for fan theories and speculation run rampant.
But, just like officers Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) and Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) realized by the end of the episode, maybe we've been asking the wrong questions all along.
All throughout this latest season of "True Detective," writer/director Issa López has hammered home the point that "Night Country" is meant to be a direct sequel to season 1. Ever since, the show's notoriously conspiracy-hunting fans have been on the hunt for clues and references and Easter eggs, any of which could plausibly give us amateur sleuths the inside scoop on how everything would ultimately wrap up. The Tuttle connection with Tsalal Station, the Travis Cohle namedrop, the recurring spiral motif, and even the finale's "Time is a flat circle" callback have provided endless amounts of ammunition for fan theories and speculation run rampant.
But, just like officers Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) and Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) realized by the end of the episode, maybe we've been asking the wrong questions all along.
- 2/19/2024
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
[Editor’s Note: The following article contains light spoilers for “True Detective” Season 4.]
The “corpsicle,” as it’s been dubbed since “Night Country” author Issa López first wrote the scene, is a shocking sight to behold. Twisted naked bodies, frozen in ice, have been carved from their original resting place and plopped at the center of a hockey rink to thaw. How did they die? Why are they naked? Who — or what — did this to them? As the ice melts, secrets spill out and the dead’s last moments gain gruesome clarity. Frostbite blackens their extremities. Teeth marks cover their skin. One is bleeding from the ears. Another is missing the fingers he’d used to claw out his own eyes.
Despite its vividly unique rendering, the corpsicle is still strangely familiar. Here are these dead naked men, ornately displayed by natural elements, unable to shield themselves from the discerning eyes of the detectives investigating their demise. You can’t help but stare,...
The “corpsicle,” as it’s been dubbed since “Night Country” author Issa López first wrote the scene, is a shocking sight to behold. Twisted naked bodies, frozen in ice, have been carved from their original resting place and plopped at the center of a hockey rink to thaw. How did they die? Why are they naked? Who — or what — did this to them? As the ice melts, secrets spill out and the dead’s last moments gain gruesome clarity. Frostbite blackens their extremities. Teeth marks cover their skin. One is bleeding from the ears. Another is missing the fingers he’d used to claw out his own eyes.
Despite its vividly unique rendering, the corpsicle is still strangely familiar. Here are these dead naked men, ornately displayed by natural elements, unable to shield themselves from the discerning eyes of the detectives investigating their demise. You can’t help but stare,...
- 2/14/2024
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
This post contains spoilers for episode 4 of "True Detective: Night Country."
The first season of "True Detective" feels so eerie and ominous for a reason. Detectives Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) and Marty Hart (Woody Harrelson) find a corpse in the Lousiana woods and end up in some old stone ruins in the bayou that symbolize the nexus of evil. The latest season, "True Detective: Night Country," also ties the evils that grip the mining town of Ennis to the nature of the town itself; the long and cold Alaskan nights underline the unforgiving nature of existence in that space. Most people in the town are cold and bitter, hardened by the cruelties of life. Some, like Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster), use their coldness to crack down on seemingly unsolvable mysteries. Others, like Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis), put on a tough front to protect the tender compassion they harbor deep within.
The first season of "True Detective" feels so eerie and ominous for a reason. Detectives Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) and Marty Hart (Woody Harrelson) find a corpse in the Lousiana woods and end up in some old stone ruins in the bayou that symbolize the nexus of evil. The latest season, "True Detective: Night Country," also ties the evils that grip the mining town of Ennis to the nature of the town itself; the long and cold Alaskan nights underline the unforgiving nature of existence in that space. Most people in the town are cold and bitter, hardened by the cruelties of life. Some, like Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster), use their coldness to crack down on seemingly unsolvable mysteries. Others, like Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis), put on a tough front to protect the tender compassion they harbor deep within.
- 2/5/2024
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
This article contains spoilers for the latest episode of "True Detective: Night Country."
Showrunner Issa López had multiple sources of inspiration for "True Detective: Night Country." If you haven't clocked some of the more obvious ones by now, they include John Carpenter's Arctic horror classic "The Thing," "The Silence of the Lambs" (which gave López the idea to cast Jodie Foster as police chief Liz Danvers), and David Fincher's "Seven," from which the new showrunner borrowed one particularly disturbing moment.
On top of those major touchstones, López clearly drew from her own experiences. The Mexico City native grew up with a Catholic, somewhat superstitious mother and a communist atheist father. Which, if you haven't noticed by now, is a contradiction that finds expression in how "Night Country" walks a tightrope between gritty realism and supernatural mystery.
But there's also another big influence on the new season of "True Detective": the first season.
Showrunner Issa López had multiple sources of inspiration for "True Detective: Night Country." If you haven't clocked some of the more obvious ones by now, they include John Carpenter's Arctic horror classic "The Thing," "The Silence of the Lambs" (which gave López the idea to cast Jodie Foster as police chief Liz Danvers), and David Fincher's "Seven," from which the new showrunner borrowed one particularly disturbing moment.
On top of those major touchstones, López clearly drew from her own experiences. The Mexico City native grew up with a Catholic, somewhat superstitious mother and a communist atheist father. Which, if you haven't noticed by now, is a contradiction that finds expression in how "Night Country" walks a tightrope between gritty realism and supernatural mystery.
But there's also another big influence on the new season of "True Detective": the first season.
- 2/5/2024
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
Anyone paying any attention to the "True Detective: Night Country" discourse will surely have noticed a rift forming among viewers. Specifically, there are those who can't stop comparing the new episodes to the original 2014 season, and those who say "Night Country" should be viewed as its own thing, entirely divorced from what came before. However you feel about it, new showrunner Issa López, who replaces show creator Nic Pizzolatto, has not only been open about how influenced she was by Pizzolatto's inaugural season, but has peppered "Night Country" with homages, callbacks, and outright continuations of themes and specific narrative threads from the 2014 episodes — to the extent that "Night Country" is essentially a stealth sequel to season 1.
Thus far, the biggest link to the initial season has been the inclusion of the spiral symbol, which cropped up throughout the "Night Country" trailer. This motif appeared throughout season 1 and represented the...
Thus far, the biggest link to the initial season has been the inclusion of the spiral symbol, which cropped up throughout the "Night Country" trailer. This motif appeared throughout season 1 and represented the...
- 1/29/2024
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
This article contains spoilers for "True Detective: Night Country."
2014's "True Detective" season 1 introduced a whole host of unique symbols, tropes, and stylistic choices to the crime procedural. It was so visually distinctive that fans have long since pined for the affecting mix of cosmic horror symbolism, occult mythology, and eclectic styles drawn from various religions native to Southern Louisiana that gave Nic Pizzolatto's original season its inescapably intoxicating atmosphere. The tone of that initial run of episodes was enhanced by director Cary Fukunaga, who shot the Louisiana setting with an impeccable eye for the inherent creepiness of its vast backwaters and ghost towns that, in Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey)'s words, were "like somebody's memory of a town, and the memory is fading."
This is why fans of that first season will no doubt be exhilarated by "True Detective: Night Country" and its usage of season 1 symbolism. New...
2014's "True Detective" season 1 introduced a whole host of unique symbols, tropes, and stylistic choices to the crime procedural. It was so visually distinctive that fans have long since pined for the affecting mix of cosmic horror symbolism, occult mythology, and eclectic styles drawn from various religions native to Southern Louisiana that gave Nic Pizzolatto's original season its inescapably intoxicating atmosphere. The tone of that initial run of episodes was enhanced by director Cary Fukunaga, who shot the Louisiana setting with an impeccable eye for the inherent creepiness of its vast backwaters and ghost towns that, in Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey)'s words, were "like somebody's memory of a town, and the memory is fading."
This is why fans of that first season will no doubt be exhilarated by "True Detective: Night Country" and its usage of season 1 symbolism. New...
- 1/29/2024
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
With its anthology format and deep character explorations, True Detective has woven a complex web of storylines over its four seasons. Each season’s unique narrative has left an indelible mark on the landscape of television drama. Here, we’ll rank the top 10 storylines from all four seasons, reflecting on their impact and the reasons why some storylines resonate more profoundly than others. 1. True Detective Season 1 – Marty and Rust’s Partnership The partnership between Marty Hart and Rust Cohle stands as the pinnacle of True Detective‘s storytelling prowess. Their dynamic evolution, from professional partners to deeply intertwined lives affected...
- 1/27/2024
- by Steve Delikson
- TVovermind.com
When it was announced that Issa Lopez would be taking over "True Detective" season 4 from show creator Nic Pizzolatto, some fans were understandably skeptical. Pizzolatto had created arguably the finest season of TV with the first installment of his crime thriller anthology series, though the second and third seasons failed to garner the same level of critical praise and fan adoration. Regardless, to many Pizzolatto was "True Detective," and whatever Lopez's project was going to be, it was difficult to see how it fit into the series' evolution.
In reality, however, after season 1, the varying quality of subsequent seasons proved that Pizzolatto was not some sort of infallible crime-writing god. In that sense, bringing on a new showrunner to write and direct seemed like a decent idea, especially if that new showrunner could restore what fans loved about the original series while providing a fresh take on the material. Which,...
In reality, however, after season 1, the varying quality of subsequent seasons proved that Pizzolatto was not some sort of infallible crime-writing god. In that sense, bringing on a new showrunner to write and direct seemed like a decent idea, especially if that new showrunner could restore what fans loved about the original series while providing a fresh take on the material. Which,...
- 1/22/2024
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
This post contains spoilers for "True Detective: Night Country."
When the trailer for "True Detective: Night Country" arrived in 2023, it was exciting for many reasons. Not only was the crime anthology series returning after an extended break, the trailer for "Night Country" contained several spiral symbols, suggesting fans of the first season were in for a treat.
Back in 2014, season 1 of Nic Pizzolatto's series introduced us to detectives Marty Hart (Woody Harrelson) and Rustin Cohle (Matthew McConaughey), whose investigation into the disappearance and murder of several girls in and around Lafayette, Louisiana, led them to uncover a child abuse ring with members in the upper echelons of society. Throughout that season, the spiral symbol appeared, both at crime scenes and in Rust's post-addiction visions, and seemed to represent this so-called "Yellow King" cult.
This coterie of powerful individuals worshipped the mysterious king in question, with Pizzolatto borrowing from Robert...
When the trailer for "True Detective: Night Country" arrived in 2023, it was exciting for many reasons. Not only was the crime anthology series returning after an extended break, the trailer for "Night Country" contained several spiral symbols, suggesting fans of the first season were in for a treat.
Back in 2014, season 1 of Nic Pizzolatto's series introduced us to detectives Marty Hart (Woody Harrelson) and Rustin Cohle (Matthew McConaughey), whose investigation into the disappearance and murder of several girls in and around Lafayette, Louisiana, led them to uncover a child abuse ring with members in the upper echelons of society. Throughout that season, the spiral symbol appeared, both at crime scenes and in Rust's post-addiction visions, and seemed to represent this so-called "Yellow King" cult.
This coterie of powerful individuals worshipped the mysterious king in question, with Pizzolatto borrowing from Robert...
- 1/22/2024
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
"True Detective: Night Country" has arrived and looks set to be the best season since the inimitable first. The fourth installment of the anthology series features an all-new story and is overseen by an all-new showrunner in the form of Issa Lopez, who directed the entire season and wrote every episode following the departure of show creator and "True Detective" mastermind Nic Pizzolatto.
But just because this is an entirely new story doesn't mean Lopez has fully abandoned the universe established by her predecessor. In fact, the show starts with a quote attributed to Hildred Castaigne, the central character in a short story from Robert Chambers' 1895 collection "The King in Yellow." That very book provided much of the mythos in which Pizzolatto drenched his Louisiana noir all the way back in 2014. Specifically, it contained the concept of a mystical fallen city named Carcosa and the figure of the Yellow King...
But just because this is an entirely new story doesn't mean Lopez has fully abandoned the universe established by her predecessor. In fact, the show starts with a quote attributed to Hildred Castaigne, the central character in a short story from Robert Chambers' 1895 collection "The King in Yellow." That very book provided much of the mythos in which Pizzolatto drenched his Louisiana noir all the way back in 2014. Specifically, it contained the concept of a mystical fallen city named Carcosa and the figure of the Yellow King...
- 1/15/2024
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
Over the past three seasons of "True Detective" and in the freshly-premiered fourth season, "True Detective: Night Country," the setting is more than just a backdrop for the story. It's a crucial element intricately connected to the unraveling mystery. Since the anthology series premiered in 2014, with a season led by Matthew McConnaughey and Woody Harrelson and set in the backwater towns and rural locales of Louisiana, finding out the location of the next story has been almost as exciting as meeting the new detectives.
Your environment shapes every aspect of your life: your behavior, your interactions with others, your cultural and historical roots, and your perception of the world. Whether it's a small town or a bustling city, a frozen tundra or a sweltering bayou, every place has inner workings that shape its people and their actions. These unique spaces are silent witnesses to the crimes that occur, and the...
Your environment shapes every aspect of your life: your behavior, your interactions with others, your cultural and historical roots, and your perception of the world. Whether it's a small town or a bustling city, a frozen tundra or a sweltering bayou, every place has inner workings that shape its people and their actions. These unique spaces are silent witnesses to the crimes that occur, and the...
- 1/15/2024
- by Caroline Madden
- Slash Film
This post contains spoilers for "True Detective" season 1 and episode 1 of "True Detective: Night Country."
Since it aired back in 2014, the inaugural season of "True Detective" has become well-established as one of the finest seasons of TV ever created. Nic Pizzolatto's haunting crime thriller captivated audiences upon its arrival, and ten years later, despite being gifted two further seasons, fans still can't get over that first run of episodes. Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey delivered standout performances as detectives Marty Hart and Rustin Cohle, with McConaughey writing a 450-page character analysis in preparation. But the show also drew in audiences with its enchantingly bleak tone and a mystery so layered even Harrelson and McConaughey's detectives couldn't fully solve it.
But there was one crucial element to season one's lasting appeal and fans' desire to revisit the mystery at its core: cosmic horror. Throughout season 1, the show made expert use...
Since it aired back in 2014, the inaugural season of "True Detective" has become well-established as one of the finest seasons of TV ever created. Nic Pizzolatto's haunting crime thriller captivated audiences upon its arrival, and ten years later, despite being gifted two further seasons, fans still can't get over that first run of episodes. Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey delivered standout performances as detectives Marty Hart and Rustin Cohle, with McConaughey writing a 450-page character analysis in preparation. But the show also drew in audiences with its enchantingly bleak tone and a mystery so layered even Harrelson and McConaughey's detectives couldn't fully solve it.
But there was one crucial element to season one's lasting appeal and fans' desire to revisit the mystery at its core: cosmic horror. Throughout season 1, the show made expert use...
- 1/15/2024
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
This post contains spoilers for the premiere of True Detective: Night Country, which is now available on HBO and Max.
Early in True Detective: Night Country, we are told that it is December 17, aka the date of the last sunset of the year in the remote northern town of Ennis, Alaska. For a stretch each winter this close to the top of the world, the darkness is inescapable, making it impossible to differentiate day from night without a watch or other device that tells you whether it’s a.m.
Early in True Detective: Night Country, we are told that it is December 17, aka the date of the last sunset of the year in the remote northern town of Ennis, Alaska. For a stretch each winter this close to the top of the world, the darkness is inescapable, making it impossible to differentiate day from night without a watch or other device that tells you whether it’s a.m.
- 1/15/2024
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
Through its first three seasons, HBO crime anthology True Detective liked to flirt with the occult. From Rust Cohle’s (Matthew McConaughey) otherworldly hallucinations in season 1 to the mystic hills of the Ozarks in season 3, the series frequently left the door open for realities beyond our own. Time is a flat circle, after all.
It’s only fitting then that True Detective season 4, subtitled True Detective: Night Country, has similarly cosmic origins. The season, which stars Jodie Foster and Kali Reis as detectives investigating mysterious disappearances during the perpetual night of winter in Northwest Alaska, came together in a kismet fashion. In a pre-season conversation with journalists, Night Country writer, director, and producer Issa López discussed how she was already working on a very True Detective-esque script before she got an actual True Detective call from HBO.
“I had put a bunch of ideas on a pot to cook and...
It’s only fitting then that True Detective season 4, subtitled True Detective: Night Country, has similarly cosmic origins. The season, which stars Jodie Foster and Kali Reis as detectives investigating mysterious disappearances during the perpetual night of winter in Northwest Alaska, came together in a kismet fashion. In a pre-season conversation with journalists, Night Country writer, director, and producer Issa López discussed how she was already working on a very True Detective-esque script before she got an actual True Detective call from HBO.
“I had put a bunch of ideas on a pot to cook and...
- 1/14/2024
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
As Woody Harrelson's character, Marty Hart, frequently observes in "True Detective" season 1, Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) is a weird dude. Try to make polite small talk about what he thinks of his new detective posting and he's more likely to say something like "It's all one ghetto, man. A giant gutter in outer space" than "It's very nice, thank you for asking."
Finding an actor who can play a hard-bitten detective, a grieving father, an alcoholic who wanders on and off the wagon, and a free-wheeling nihilistic philosopher — all in one character — isn't easy. Not everyone can deliver lines like "Death created time to grow the things that it would kill" with a straight face. And "True Detective" creator Nic Pizzolatto had a very specific type of actor in mind for the character of Rust, not just in terms of style but in terms of physicality as well.
"[HBO] pushed...
Finding an actor who can play a hard-bitten detective, a grieving father, an alcoholic who wanders on and off the wagon, and a free-wheeling nihilistic philosopher — all in one character — isn't easy. Not everyone can deliver lines like "Death created time to grow the things that it would kill" with a straight face. And "True Detective" creator Nic Pizzolatto had a very specific type of actor in mind for the character of Rust, not just in terms of style but in terms of physicality as well.
"[HBO] pushed...
- 10/27/2023
- by Hannah Shaw-Williams
- Slash Film
"True Detective" season 1 is a darkly beautiful masterpiece. Nearly a decade later, it's remembered as a moody, disturbing mystery about deeply flawed detectives investigating gross ritual murders, but the show was also wildly funny. Edgelord Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) and womanizing "family man" Marty Hart (Woody Harrelson) made a perfectly mismatched pair; Cohle spouted nihilistic nonsense and bizarre asides like "I don't sleep, I just dream," while openly irritated Hart stared at him like he'd just grown a second head.
Cohle became a major part of the pop cultural zeitgeist in 2014, the topic of many a parody, homage, and fan obsession. McConaughey's performance earned him an Emmy nomination and launched a new chapter for his career. Yet as "True Detective" got bigger, references to the character got broader and at times became co-opted by fans who'd look at contextless statements like "I think human consciousness is a tragic misstep in evolution,...
Cohle became a major part of the pop cultural zeitgeist in 2014, the topic of many a parody, homage, and fan obsession. McConaughey's performance earned him an Emmy nomination and launched a new chapter for his career. Yet as "True Detective" got bigger, references to the character got broader and at times became co-opted by fans who'd look at contextless statements like "I think human consciousness is a tragic misstep in evolution,...
- 10/27/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
It's not every day you hear a TV creator suggest googling "Satanism," "preschool," and "Louisiana," but those mad-lib-sounding search terms were apparently the recipe for Nic Pizzolatto when he was writing "True Detective" season 1. Traveling back along the "flat circle" of time, as Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) would call it, "True Detective" made its series premiere on HBO in January 2014. Almost immediately, it became a water cooler phenomenon, as viewers grew obsessed with its nonlinear crime narrative involving Cohle, his partner Marty Hart, and their investigation of a dead body crowned with deer antlers in a sugarcane field.
Throw in weird-fiction references to the mythical city of Carcosa and the Robert W. Chambers horror story collection, "The King in Yellow," and "True Detective" would begin to take on some quasi-supernatural shadings. Yet as its title suggests, it was also tapping into an interest in true crime, the way the Peabody Award-winning podcast,...
Throw in weird-fiction references to the mythical city of Carcosa and the Robert W. Chambers horror story collection, "The King in Yellow," and "True Detective" would begin to take on some quasi-supernatural shadings. Yet as its title suggests, it was also tapping into an interest in true crime, the way the Peabody Award-winning podcast,...
- 6/5/2023
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
When thinking of the landmark first season of HBO's crime anthology series "True Detective," it's hard not to think of one major image: Rustin "Rust" Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) and Marty Hart (Woody Harrelson) in the front seat of a car, speaking of life and death in the language of jaded detectives. Marty's the funny one, but Rust is his wildly depressed and deeply nihilistic counterpart. Their inimitable chemistry is of the "opposites attract" variety, like the HBO drama version of "Lethal Weapon."
The two actors had been paired up before, but never to this effect, and never with this much shared psychological weight. It went way beyond what you could find in films like the execrable "Surfer, Dude" or the "Truman Show" also-ran "EDtv." The benefits of a longer story gave each actor the chance to really dig beneath the superficial appearance of their characters, whether it was McConaughey's demonstration...
The two actors had been paired up before, but never to this effect, and never with this much shared psychological weight. It went way beyond what you could find in films like the execrable "Surfer, Dude" or the "Truman Show" also-ran "EDtv." The benefits of a longer story gave each actor the chance to really dig beneath the superficial appearance of their characters, whether it was McConaughey's demonstration...
- 6/1/2023
- by Anthony Crislip
- Slash Film
Catching the killer wasn't the point of "True Detective" season 1. In fact, even when the killer was caught, that was far from the end of the story. Fans of that first season may still be haunted by Marty Hart's (Woody Harrelson) acknowledgment in the final episode, "We ain't gonna get them all. That ain't the kind of world it is." "Them," in this context, refers to a group of influential Louisianians who had been committing horrific crimes against women and children for decades. And the fact that most of them remained at large was perhaps the most disturbing part of the whole season.
In the eighth and final episode of "True Detective" season 1, Marty and his detective partner Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) find and kill Errol Childress (Glenn Fleshler). Childress was the son of William Lee Childress, who in turn was the illegitimate son of Sam Tuttle, patriarch of...
In the eighth and final episode of "True Detective" season 1, Marty and his detective partner Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) find and kill Errol Childress (Glenn Fleshler). Childress was the son of William Lee Childress, who in turn was the illegitimate son of Sam Tuttle, patriarch of...
- 5/27/2023
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
Woody Harrelson Thinks Matthew McConaughey Got to Do All the ‘Fun,’ ‘Crazy Sh*t’ on ‘True Detective’
Woody Harrelson thought his work was clogged up with more serious roles leading into “White House Plumbers.”
The “Champions” actor compared the HBO true crime limited series to the cabler’s mystery-thriller anthology show “True Detective,” in which he and Matthew McConaughey starred as a pair of grizzled homicide detectives. Despite only appearing in the first season, both actors serve as executive producers on the series, which returns with a fourth season later this year.
“White House Plumbers” writer Peter Huyck now recalls Harrelson being hesitant to sign on to the series coming off “True Detective.”
“When we all went up to your house to try and convince you to do the part, you said, ‘Look, I did “True Detective” and McConaughey got the cool part, the fun part. He got to do more crazy shit,'” Huyck reminded Harrelson as part of a Vulture interview on “Plumbers.” Harrelson stars...
The “Champions” actor compared the HBO true crime limited series to the cabler’s mystery-thriller anthology show “True Detective,” in which he and Matthew McConaughey starred as a pair of grizzled homicide detectives. Despite only appearing in the first season, both actors serve as executive producers on the series, which returns with a fourth season later this year.
“White House Plumbers” writer Peter Huyck now recalls Harrelson being hesitant to sign on to the series coming off “True Detective.”
“When we all went up to your house to try and convince you to do the part, you said, ‘Look, I did “True Detective” and McConaughey got the cool part, the fun part. He got to do more crazy shit,'” Huyck reminded Harrelson as part of a Vulture interview on “Plumbers.” Harrelson stars...
- 5/8/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Most fans of "True Detective" will agree that season 1 was a high point for Nic Pizzolatto's crime drama. The fastidious show creator and writer maintained tight control over the series for its first three seasons, which often caused problems for the directors — especially Cary Fukunaga. For "True Detective" season 4, Pizzolatto handed the reins to "Tigers Are Not Afraid" director Issa López, who can hopefully return the series to the standard established by its brilliant inaugural season.
That's going to be a tough feat. Season 1 of "True Detective" had so much going for it, it's hard to see how it could be matched, let alone bested. The eight episodes were helped tremendously by two career-best performances from leading men Woody Harrelson as Detective Marty Hart, and Matthew McConaughey as Detective Rust Cohle. Alongside some of the most layered yet consistently compelling storytelling seen in the age of the prestige drama,...
That's going to be a tough feat. Season 1 of "True Detective" had so much going for it, it's hard to see how it could be matched, let alone bested. The eight episodes were helped tremendously by two career-best performances from leading men Woody Harrelson as Detective Marty Hart, and Matthew McConaughey as Detective Rust Cohle. Alongside some of the most layered yet consistently compelling storytelling seen in the age of the prestige drama,...
- 4/16/2023
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
"True Detective" season 1 was one of the most enjoyably unsettling seasons of TV ever produced. Writer/Creator Nic Pizzolatto crafted a detective show like no other, mixing in elements of cosmic horror, Nietzschean philosophy, and one of the creepiest secret society plots ever conceived. But you know what the most disturbing thing about that first season was? The fact that Errol Childress (Glenn Fleshler), the serial killer who's eventually taken out by detectives Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) and Marty Hart (Woody Harrelson), was just the tip of the iceberg.
Throughout the first season of "True Detective," Marty and Rust uncover an occult-worshiping, human-sacrificing abuse ring, whose members occupy high-level positions in society. And by the end of the season, it's clear Childress was a particularly sadistic part of a much more insidious whole.
Now, the trailer for the upcoming "True Detective: Night Country," suggests we might be about to delve...
Throughout the first season of "True Detective," Marty and Rust uncover an occult-worshiping, human-sacrificing abuse ring, whose members occupy high-level positions in society. And by the end of the season, it's clear Childress was a particularly sadistic part of a much more insidious whole.
Now, the trailer for the upcoming "True Detective: Night Country," suggests we might be about to delve...
- 4/15/2023
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
The first season of "True Detective," which aired on HBO in 2014, takes place in multiple time frames. Louisiana detectives Rustin Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) and Marty Hart (Woody Harrelson) spent a harrowing time in 1995 investigating the murder of a young woman named Dora Lange. Years later, in 2012, they had to revisit the case and other unsolved cases besides.
The first season was overwhelmingly well-received, earning six Primetime Emmy nominations, and winning one for director Cary Fukunaga. Many essays were written about the series, with some looking at the rundown, Southern aesthetic, and others examining the show's unfettered look at a toxically masculine worldview, where the women on "True Detective" merely exist as tools to be used or rejected by the men. The series seems to take place in a parallel 1950s hard-boiled universe not too far away from the era's ultra-salacious EC Comics.
In the 1995 segments, Hart is having an affair...
The first season was overwhelmingly well-received, earning six Primetime Emmy nominations, and winning one for director Cary Fukunaga. Many essays were written about the series, with some looking at the rundown, Southern aesthetic, and others examining the show's unfettered look at a toxically masculine worldview, where the women on "True Detective" merely exist as tools to be used or rejected by the men. The series seems to take place in a parallel 1950s hard-boiled universe not too far away from the era's ultra-salacious EC Comics.
In the 1995 segments, Hart is having an affair...
- 4/14/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
‘True Detective’ and EDtv stars Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson are set to reunite for a currently untitled AppleTV+ comedy series.
The show has been described as a “heartfelt odd couple love story revolving around the strange and beautiful bond between Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.” In the 10-episode half-hour comedy, McConaughey and Harrelson – playing a version of themselves – and their families attempt to live together on McConaughey’s Texas ranch. And of course, those close confines put this storied friendship to the test.
Also in news – Oscar Isaac in talks for Amazon series ‘Helltown’
Created by David West Read (The Big Door Prize), Skydance Television is behind the series, which is executive produced by Read and Harrelson and McConaughey. Other executive producers include David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Matt Thunell for Skydance Television, Bill Bost, and Jeremy Plager.
McConaughey and Harrelson starred together in the anthology crime drama ‘True Detective...
The show has been described as a “heartfelt odd couple love story revolving around the strange and beautiful bond between Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.” In the 10-episode half-hour comedy, McConaughey and Harrelson – playing a version of themselves – and their families attempt to live together on McConaughey’s Texas ranch. And of course, those close confines put this storied friendship to the test.
Also in news – Oscar Isaac in talks for Amazon series ‘Helltown’
Created by David West Read (The Big Door Prize), Skydance Television is behind the series, which is executive produced by Read and Harrelson and McConaughey. Other executive producers include David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Matt Thunell for Skydance Television, Bill Bost, and Jeremy Plager.
McConaughey and Harrelson starred together in the anthology crime drama ‘True Detective...
- 3/15/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Well all right, all right, all right! “True Detective” and “EDtv” buddies Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson are reuniting on screen once again, this time for a new Apple TV+ comedy from creator David West Read (“The Big Door Prize”).
And this time, McConaughey and Harrelson are actually playing versions of themselves. In Read’s untitled 10-episode half-hour comedy, McConaughey and Harrelson — along with their families — attempt to live together on McConaughey’s Texas ranch. And of course, those close confines puts this storied friendship to the test.
In the logline, Apple TV+ calls the new show “a heartfelt odd couple love story revolving around the strange and beautiful bond between Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.”
Skydance Television is behind the series, which is executive produced by Read, as well as Harrelson and McConaughey. Other exec producers include David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Matt Thunell for Skydance Television, along with Bill Bost and Jeremy Plager.
And this time, McConaughey and Harrelson are actually playing versions of themselves. In Read’s untitled 10-episode half-hour comedy, McConaughey and Harrelson — along with their families — attempt to live together on McConaughey’s Texas ranch. And of course, those close confines puts this storied friendship to the test.
In the logline, Apple TV+ calls the new show “a heartfelt odd couple love story revolving around the strange and beautiful bond between Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.”
Skydance Television is behind the series, which is executive produced by Read, as well as Harrelson and McConaughey. Other exec producers include David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Matt Thunell for Skydance Television, along with Bill Bost and Jeremy Plager.
- 3/14/2023
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
The True Detective boys are getting the band back together.
Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson have signed on to team up again in a new comedy series for Apple TV+, TVLine has learned. The untitled scripted comedy is billed as “a heartfelt odd couple love story” that centers on “the strange and beautiful bond” between the two actors. “Matthew and Woody’s friendship is tested when their combined families attempt to live together on Matthew’s ranch in Texas,” per the official synopsis. (From the description, it sounds like McConaughey and Harrelson are playing fictionalized versions of themselves here, but...
Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson have signed on to team up again in a new comedy series for Apple TV+, TVLine has learned. The untitled scripted comedy is billed as “a heartfelt odd couple love story” that centers on “the strange and beautiful bond” between the two actors. “Matthew and Woody’s friendship is tested when their combined families attempt to live together on Matthew’s ranch in Texas,” per the official synopsis. (From the description, it sounds like McConaughey and Harrelson are playing fictionalized versions of themselves here, but...
- 3/14/2023
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
Bryan Fuller's style is difficult to replicate. Full of detail, sometimes muted by shadows or vibrant with gore, it's easy to recognize his signature on earlier creations such as "Pushing Daisies" and "Dead Like Me." "Hannibal" has resonated the strongest with his fans, though. Hannifans are a testament to the power of fandom, keeping this three-season series alive — with the hope of a continuation — via new art, fanfiction, and recreating Hannibal's cuisine with the help of the series' food consultant Janice Poon ... without Lecter's most unique, uh, ingredients.
Sumptuous and elegant (are we talking about the show or Mads Mikkelson as Dr. Hannibal Lecter?), Fuller's creation believes in the intelligence of its viewers, never holding back the details of a damaged mind. Lecter's psychology is the most intriguing, often kept locked tight, but Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) is the key to unraveling pieces of him. That requires an...
Sumptuous and elegant (are we talking about the show or Mads Mikkelson as Dr. Hannibal Lecter?), Fuller's creation believes in the intelligence of its viewers, never holding back the details of a damaged mind. Lecter's psychology is the most intriguing, often kept locked tight, but Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) is the key to unraveling pieces of him. That requires an...
- 11/2/2022
- by Margaret David
- Slash Film
Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson are true bromance goals.
On Sunday, McConaughey, 50, shared an Instagram photo of himself all smiles deep in a body of water alongside his close pal Harrelson, 58, who wrapped his arm around the star.
“Brothers from nother mothers?” McConaughey captioned the sweet snap.
The famous actors have been close friends for many years now. They first worked together in the 1999 satire film Edtv, which also starred Ellen DeGeneres, Martin Landau, Jenna Elfman, and Elizabeth Hurley.
In 2008, the duo reunited for the comedy film Surfer, Dude. Six years later, they made their television debut as a pair...
On Sunday, McConaughey, 50, shared an Instagram photo of himself all smiles deep in a body of water alongside his close pal Harrelson, 58, who wrapped his arm around the star.
“Brothers from nother mothers?” McConaughey captioned the sweet snap.
The famous actors have been close friends for many years now. They first worked together in the 1999 satire film Edtv, which also starred Ellen DeGeneres, Martin Landau, Jenna Elfman, and Elizabeth Hurley.
In 2008, the duo reunited for the comedy film Surfer, Dude. Six years later, they made their television debut as a pair...
- 12/2/2019
- by Eric Todisco
- PEOPLE.com
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for the season finale of “True Detective” Season 3, Episode 8, “Now Am Found.”]
Whether it comes from a ghost or a man who would rather be one, the big talkers in “True Detective” sure love their exposition. And that’s Ok, since just as much meaning could be gleaned when no one said a word. It just depends what you’re looking for in Nic Pizzolatto’s Season 3 finale. For the at-home detectives, two big speeches provide as much clarity to the case as you could desire, while the silent moments are reserved for those more invested in characters than plot. “Now Am Found” is stubbornly determined to satisfy each kind of viewer, and while the last stretch of road is a little long, the engine a tad clunky, there’s a charming ease to the drive that proves comforting.
Episode 8 takes its time covering the most pertinent hanging questions and still leaves a few unanswered,...
Whether it comes from a ghost or a man who would rather be one, the big talkers in “True Detective” sure love their exposition. And that’s Ok, since just as much meaning could be gleaned when no one said a word. It just depends what you’re looking for in Nic Pizzolatto’s Season 3 finale. For the at-home detectives, two big speeches provide as much clarity to the case as you could desire, while the silent moments are reserved for those more invested in characters than plot. “Now Am Found” is stubbornly determined to satisfy each kind of viewer, and while the last stretch of road is a little long, the engine a tad clunky, there’s a charming ease to the drive that proves comforting.
Episode 8 takes its time covering the most pertinent hanging questions and still leaves a few unanswered,...
- 2/25/2019
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
[This story contains spoilers for the Feb. 17 episode of True Detective, "The Final Country."]
Time really is a flat circle in the world of True Detective.
After hinting at a connection to the show's first season a few times, the seventh episode of season three made it explicit: Wayne Hays (Mahershala Ali) moves in the same world as Rust Cohle and Marty Hart.
That revelation came in the 2015 portion of the story, when TV producer Elisa (Sarah Gadon) showed Wayne a screenshot of a newspaper front page detailing Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) and Hart's (Woody Harrelson) 2012 takedown ...
Time really is a flat circle in the world of True Detective.
After hinting at a connection to the show's first season a few times, the seventh episode of season three made it explicit: Wayne Hays (Mahershala Ali) moves in the same world as Rust Cohle and Marty Hart.
That revelation came in the 2015 portion of the story, when TV producer Elisa (Sarah Gadon) showed Wayne a screenshot of a newspaper front page detailing Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) and Hart's (Woody Harrelson) 2012 takedown ...
- 2/18/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
In a True Detective hour where familiar symbols make a big, mind-blowing comeback, there’s a morbid and marvelous shot near the start of this week’s episode — “The Final Country” — that serves as a signifier all its own. It’s 1990, and detective Wayne Hays arrives at an unspecified crime scene, seemingly right near where Will Purcell was killed and his sister Julie potentially kidnapped one decade earlier. With the camera locked on him, the policeman makes his way up the twisting stairs of a tower near the woods, slowing...
- 2/18/2019
- by Sean T. Collins
- Rollingstone.com
[Editor’s Note: The following article contains spoilers for “True Detective” Season 3, Episode 7, “The Final Country.”]
Daniel Sackheim joined the third season of “True Detective” pretty late — “I did not have a lot [of time],” he told IndieWire — but he knew about the case’s ties to Season 1 from the get-go.
“Nic [Pizzolatto] actually had all of these seven scripts written when I came onto the show,” Sackheim said. “It was always in the cards, so to speak.”
Episode 7, “The Final Country,” unveiled a secret connection between the Purcell case in Season 3 and the case investigated by Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) and Marty Hart (Woody Harrelson) in Season 1. While Wayne (Mahershala Ali) is being interviewed by Elisa (Sarah Gadon), the docuseries reporter tells him about a theory that blames a pedophile ring for the death of William Purcell and kidnapping of Julie — the same pedophile ring associated with a serial killer felled by Cohle and Hart three years earlier.
Sackheim has been...
Daniel Sackheim joined the third season of “True Detective” pretty late — “I did not have a lot [of time],” he told IndieWire — but he knew about the case’s ties to Season 1 from the get-go.
“Nic [Pizzolatto] actually had all of these seven scripts written when I came onto the show,” Sackheim said. “It was always in the cards, so to speak.”
Episode 7, “The Final Country,” unveiled a secret connection between the Purcell case in Season 3 and the case investigated by Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) and Marty Hart (Woody Harrelson) in Season 1. While Wayne (Mahershala Ali) is being interviewed by Elisa (Sarah Gadon), the docuseries reporter tells him about a theory that blames a pedophile ring for the death of William Purcell and kidnapping of Julie — the same pedophile ring associated with a serial killer felled by Cohle and Hart three years earlier.
Sackheim has been...
- 2/18/2019
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “True Detective” Season 3, Episode 7, “The Final Country.”]
Let’s get one thing straight: The revelation that the Purcell case in Season 3 is likely connected to the Fontenot case in Season 1 is the least important piece of the evidence presented in Episode 7. It doesn’t really matter to Wayne (Mahershala Ali) if the pedophile ring that bribed Lucy Purcell (Mamie Gummer) into giving her kids to the Hoyt foundation is part of the larger criminal ring that includes the Tuttle church — once investigated by the original true detectives, Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) and Marty Hart (Woody Harrelson). Wayne still needs to chase down his own leads and recapture his lost memories to solve his own case; tying it to another case isn’t all that important to his ultimate goal: hold the guilty men accountable.
But it’s a huge factor for “True Detective” overall. For one, it justifies why so...
Let’s get one thing straight: The revelation that the Purcell case in Season 3 is likely connected to the Fontenot case in Season 1 is the least important piece of the evidence presented in Episode 7. It doesn’t really matter to Wayne (Mahershala Ali) if the pedophile ring that bribed Lucy Purcell (Mamie Gummer) into giving her kids to the Hoyt foundation is part of the larger criminal ring that includes the Tuttle church — once investigated by the original true detectives, Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) and Marty Hart (Woody Harrelson). Wayne still needs to chase down his own leads and recapture his lost memories to solve his own case; tying it to another case isn’t all that important to his ultimate goal: hold the guilty men accountable.
But it’s a huge factor for “True Detective” overall. For one, it justifies why so...
- 2/18/2019
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Tony Sokol Feb 17, 2019
On True Detective Season 3, True Criminal's producer follows a Crooked Spiral from Carcosa to True Detective Season 1
True Detective Season 3 Episode 7 “The Final Country,” crosses over to season 1 through a close-up shot of an article headlined “Former State Police Officers Stop Alleged Serial Killer.” The photo accompanying the piece shows the detectives who solved the case are Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) and Marty Hart (Woody Harrelson). The investigation suggests a much larger and darker conspiracy than a backwoods serial killer.
A group of connected and powerful men may have gotten away with a series of heinous crimes. “The Final Country” ends on a note of possible collusion between Detective Wayne Hays (Mahershala Ali) and a possible suspect in a similar unpunished crime, the wealthy and connected Edward Hoyt. Any kind of deal between this cop and that criminal, however coerced, would constitute the biggest betrayal the series ever offered.
On True Detective Season 3, True Criminal's producer follows a Crooked Spiral from Carcosa to True Detective Season 1
True Detective Season 3 Episode 7 “The Final Country,” crosses over to season 1 through a close-up shot of an article headlined “Former State Police Officers Stop Alleged Serial Killer.” The photo accompanying the piece shows the detectives who solved the case are Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) and Marty Hart (Woody Harrelson). The investigation suggests a much larger and darker conspiracy than a backwoods serial killer.
A group of connected and powerful men may have gotten away with a series of heinous crimes. “The Final Country” ends on a note of possible collusion between Detective Wayne Hays (Mahershala Ali) and a possible suspect in a similar unpunished crime, the wealthy and connected Edward Hoyt. Any kind of deal between this cop and that criminal, however coerced, would constitute the biggest betrayal the series ever offered.
- 2/16/2019
- Den of Geek
Mahershala Ali and Stephen Dorff met at the airport. The “Moonlight” and “Somewhere” stars were on their way to Arkansas to start production on the much-anticipated, long-awaited third season of “True Detective.” Buzz was already strong; a daunting 120-day shoot was looming, cloaked in secrecy and filmed in remote Arkansas locations far removed from their respective homes. They hopped off the plane and met the drivers who escorted them to their new residence.
“It was funny,” Dorff said. “The drivers thought we were the camera guys. They’re like, ‘Where’s all your camera gear?’ We looked at each other, and we just kind of smirked.”
That, said Dorff and Ali, was when their partnership began. They understood that they weren’t in Hollywood anymore, and were about to embark on a project that could change their careers.
“[‘True Detective’] was one of my favorite shows,” Ali said. “After seeing that first season,...
“It was funny,” Dorff said. “The drivers thought we were the camera guys. They’re like, ‘Where’s all your camera gear?’ We looked at each other, and we just kind of smirked.”
That, said Dorff and Ali, was when their partnership began. They understood that they weren’t in Hollywood anymore, and were about to embark on a project that could change their careers.
“[‘True Detective’] was one of my favorite shows,” Ali said. “After seeing that first season,...
- 2/5/2019
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including True Detective, The Resident, Manifest and Riverdale!
1 | Did you catch True Detective‘s sly nod to Season 1 on Elisa’s laptop — which confirms that this season takes place in the same universe as Rust Cohle and Marty Hart?
2 | Wasn’t it kind of prophetic that Fox billed its latest live musical as simply Rent, rather than Rent: Live!, given that most of the broadcast wound up being pretaped rehearsal footage?
3 | Couldn’t Supergirl‘s Mackenzie,...
1 | Did you catch True Detective‘s sly nod to Season 1 on Elisa’s laptop — which confirms that this season takes place in the same universe as Rust Cohle and Marty Hart?
2 | Wasn’t it kind of prophetic that Fox billed its latest live musical as simply Rent, rather than Rent: Live!, given that most of the broadcast wound up being pretaped rehearsal footage?
3 | Couldn’t Supergirl‘s Mackenzie,...
- 2/1/2019
- TVLine.com
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “True Detective” Season 3, Episode 4, “The Hour and the Day.”]
You can tell “True Detective” is working well when the longest episode of the season doesn’t feel like it. “The Hour and the Day” clocks in at an hour and seven minutes, and even though it’s largely a transitionary entry — lots of leads that don’t pan out, and lots of character development left unresolved — it’s rich, engrossing, and smooth. It also spotlights a lot of what Nic Pizzolatto has done to make Season 3 an overall improvement over Season 2, and that includes bringing in David Milch to co-write this script.
For starters, let’s look at Patti Faber, a dear good woman. Early in Episode 4, detectives Wayne Hays (Mahershala Ali) and Roland West (Stephen Dorff) go interview the elderly dollmaker, who set off the black detective’s “hillbilly radar” before the two even met. And what do you know,...
You can tell “True Detective” is working well when the longest episode of the season doesn’t feel like it. “The Hour and the Day” clocks in at an hour and seven minutes, and even though it’s largely a transitionary entry — lots of leads that don’t pan out, and lots of character development left unresolved — it’s rich, engrossing, and smooth. It also spotlights a lot of what Nic Pizzolatto has done to make Season 3 an overall improvement over Season 2, and that includes bringing in David Milch to co-write this script.
For starters, let’s look at Patti Faber, a dear good woman. Early in Episode 4, detectives Wayne Hays (Mahershala Ali) and Roland West (Stephen Dorff) go interview the elderly dollmaker, who set off the black detective’s “hillbilly radar” before the two even met. And what do you know,...
- 1/28/2019
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
An odd couple of cops catches a disturbing murder case. The victim is posed in ritualistic fashion, with handmade pagan symbolism left at the scene. Their investigation leads them into dark and depressive corners of the downwardly mobile American South. Years later, questions arise about whether the real killer had ever been caught. And in the present day, the more soulful side of the partnership fights painful memories as he revisits the case for one last stab at justice.
We promised ourselves we weren’t gonna say “Time is a flat circle.
We promised ourselves we weren’t gonna say “Time is a flat circle.
- 1/14/2019
- by Sean T. Collins
- Rollingstone.com
In the third season of HBO’s True Detective, Mahershala Ali plays Arkansas state cop Wayne Hays, investigating the same child murder case across three eras: as a hotshot detective in 1980 whose troubled service in Vietnam is close in the past; as a family man looking to resurrect his career in 1990; and as a retired widower battling dementia in 2015 while a TV documentarian reopens the investigation. As people keep asking why the elderly Hays wants to revisit such ugliness, he explains that going over the details of the story again...
- 1/3/2019
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
Let’s get this out of the way: “True Detective” Season 3 is good. Whether or not you believe the first season to be an untouchable classic or an overrated but well-acted cop show, Nic Pizzolatto’s new episodes are a big step up from a second season as muddled and meaningless as that water stain above Vince Vaughn’s bed. With strong performances all-around — and a flat-out remarkable turn from Mahershala Ali — HBO’s third season benefits from reliable genre elements, a compelling central story, and aesthetics as lush as they are eerie.
Taking place over three time periods, Season 3 focuses on Wayne Hays (Ali), an Arkansas police detective and Vietnam veteran who takes on the case of a missing brother and sister in 1980. He and his partner, Roland West (Stephen Dorff), aren’t exactly exemplary officers — they spend their shifts shooting at rats and sipping Miller High Life — but...
Taking place over three time periods, Season 3 focuses on Wayne Hays (Ali), an Arkansas police detective and Vietnam veteran who takes on the case of a missing brother and sister in 1980. He and his partner, Roland West (Stephen Dorff), aren’t exactly exemplary officers — they spend their shifts shooting at rats and sipping Miller High Life — but...
- 1/2/2019
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Law enforcement breaks rules to crack cases in True Detective Season 3. Mahershala Ali and Stephen Dorff get under the skin.
This True Detective review contains spoilers.
True Detective: Season 3 Episode 1
"Yeah, of course I remember," retired Arkansas state detective Wayne Hays (Mahershala Ali) says at the very beginning of True Detective season 3 episode 1, "The Great War and Modern Memory." He is giving a deposition, dated May 12, 1990, on a case from a decade prior to that.
It was a full moon on Friday, November 7, 1980, the day Steve McQueen died. Hays and his partner Roland West (Stephen Dorff) were called to investigate two missing kids, a brother (Phoenix Elkin) and his sister (Lena McCarthy). The deposition scene follows an establishing shot of a kid's bicycle tires, complete with a clothes-pinned baseball card rattling the spokes, happily careening up a quiet street on its way to what must be an unhappy destination. It...
This True Detective review contains spoilers.
True Detective: Season 3 Episode 1
"Yeah, of course I remember," retired Arkansas state detective Wayne Hays (Mahershala Ali) says at the very beginning of True Detective season 3 episode 1, "The Great War and Modern Memory." He is giving a deposition, dated May 12, 1990, on a case from a decade prior to that.
It was a full moon on Friday, November 7, 1980, the day Steve McQueen died. Hays and his partner Roland West (Stephen Dorff) were called to investigate two missing kids, a brother (Phoenix Elkin) and his sister (Lena McCarthy). The deposition scene follows an establishing shot of a kid's bicycle tires, complete with a clothes-pinned baseball card rattling the spokes, happily careening up a quiet street on its way to what must be an unhappy destination. It...
- 12/30/2018
- Den of Geek
Mahershala Ali’s brain is scattered and “a bunch of missing pieces,” in the first full-length trailer for the third season of HBO’s “True Detective.”
Ali toplines the long-awaited third installment of the crime drama as Wayne Hays, a state police detective in the Ozarks. The footage consistently jumps between Hays as a young man and an old man, preparing viewers for the mystery that will unfold in different timelines — much like the series’ first season — when “True Detective” returns on Jan. 13, 2019.
The trailer even begins with Hayes giving some kind of deposition, much like Woody Harrelson’s Marty Hart and Matthew McConaughey’s Rust Cohle do in the first season.
Also Read: HBO's 'True Detective' to Return for Season 3 on Jan. 13
Here’s the official logline for the coming season, courtesy of HBO: The next installment of “True Detective” tells the story of a macabre crime...
Ali toplines the long-awaited third installment of the crime drama as Wayne Hays, a state police detective in the Ozarks. The footage consistently jumps between Hays as a young man and an old man, preparing viewers for the mystery that will unfold in different timelines — much like the series’ first season — when “True Detective” returns on Jan. 13, 2019.
The trailer even begins with Hayes giving some kind of deposition, much like Woody Harrelson’s Marty Hart and Matthew McConaughey’s Rust Cohle do in the first season.
Also Read: HBO's 'True Detective' to Return for Season 3 on Jan. 13
Here’s the official logline for the coming season, courtesy of HBO: The next installment of “True Detective” tells the story of a macabre crime...
- 11/2/2018
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Television can offer magnificent surprises early, often, and anywhere in between. From series and pilots built around an unpredictable twist to moment-by-moment developments that’ll knock you for a loop, time is on TV’s side — and yours. Great thrillers, mysteries, and other dramatic fair can deliver shocking moments on the regular, while more and more comedies are also getting in on the risk/reward ratio benefitting those who know how to play the odds.
If fortune favors the bold, then consider what’s below a list of the boldest television auteurs (or at least their boldest gambles). Limiting it to 25 slots, IndieWire has culled the most shocking moments and best twists of the 21st century (so far). Each selection is indisputably memorable, meaningful, and — hopefully — not too morbid. Death can often be a surprise, so some of the selections below steer away from the sudden departures and look at other scenes with equal impact.
If fortune favors the bold, then consider what’s below a list of the boldest television auteurs (or at least their boldest gambles). Limiting it to 25 slots, IndieWire has culled the most shocking moments and best twists of the 21st century (so far). Each selection is indisputably memorable, meaningful, and — hopefully — not too morbid. Death can often be a surprise, so some of the selections below steer away from the sudden departures and look at other scenes with equal impact.
- 2/21/2018
- by Ben Travers, Steve Greene, Hanh Nguyen, Liz Shannon Miller and Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
Tony Sokol Oct 11, 2018
True Detective Season 3 is coming to HBO next year. Here's everything we know so far.
True Detective Season 3 is now in production. Nic Pizzolatto, who also serves as showrunner, is the sole writer of the third season with the exception of Episode 4, which he co-wrote with David Milch (Deadwood), who signed on to help Pizzolatto prepare the third season. Director Jeremy Saulnier (Green Room), was slated to direct three episodes, but according to a report from Variety, left the project after completing two of them. To replace Saulnier, they enlisted the help of Daniel Sackheim, who's helmed episodes of The Americans, Ozark, and The Leftovers. The cause of Saulnier's departure is a scheduling conflict, according to the network.
Here's everything we know so far...
True Detective Season 3 Release Date
True Detective Season 3 will arrive on Sunday, January 13 on HBO at 9 pm.
True Detective Season 3 Cast
Mahershala Ali...
True Detective Season 3 is coming to HBO next year. Here's everything we know so far.
True Detective Season 3 is now in production. Nic Pizzolatto, who also serves as showrunner, is the sole writer of the third season with the exception of Episode 4, which he co-wrote with David Milch (Deadwood), who signed on to help Pizzolatto prepare the third season. Director Jeremy Saulnier (Green Room), was slated to direct three episodes, but according to a report from Variety, left the project after completing two of them. To replace Saulnier, they enlisted the help of Daniel Sackheim, who's helmed episodes of The Americans, Ozark, and The Leftovers. The cause of Saulnier's departure is a scheduling conflict, according to the network.
Here's everything we know so far...
True Detective Season 3 Release Date
True Detective Season 3 will arrive on Sunday, January 13 on HBO at 9 pm.
True Detective Season 3 Cast
Mahershala Ali...
- 7/31/2015
- Den of Geek
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