HBO is developing a fourth season of True Detective, with Barry Jenkins set to produce the critically acclaimed, Emmy-nominated anthology series.
Issa López, the director of Tigers Are Not Afraid, has been recruited to write and direct the first episode of Season 4, dubbed True Detective: Night Country, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
While narrative specifics have yet to be published, the fourth season is said to be set in the Arctic, during a time when twilight may last the whole day. Although no casting selections have been finalized yet, the upcoming season is set to have two female stars.
While Pizzolatto and HBO ended their partnership in 2020, HBO retained the rights to the anthology series, allowing them to revive it with new showrunners; Jenkins — the Moonlight and The Underground Railroad filmmaker who signed an overall deal with HBO in 2021 — would serve as executive producer on the fourth season.
True Detective aired in 2014 with an Emmy-winning, instant classic first season starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, and HBO programming president Casey Bloys said earlier this year that they were “developing various ideas” for a fourth season. In 2015, a less well-received second season featuring Vince Vaughn, Colin Farrell, and Rachel McAdams was released. True Detective returned in 2019 after a four-year break with a decades-spanning mystery headed by Mahershala Ali that “redeemed” the brand.