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True Detective Season 3 Gets First Trailer Ahead of 2019 Premiere
HBO on Sunday revealed the first footage from True Detective Season 3, which is set to launch in January 2019. The above trailer spotlights new series star Mahershala Ali (Moonlight, Marvel’s Luke Cage), who plays Wayne Hays, a state police detective from Northwest Arkansas. We catch glimpses of his character in three different timelines, while a voiceover alludes […]
‘True Detective’ Season 3 is Losing Director Jeremy Saulnier Earlier Than Expected
True Detective fans have been anticipating a redeeming third season for the crime thriller series after a rushed, disappointing second season couldn’t live up to the greatness of the first season, made great by the writing of Nic Pizzolatto and the direction of Cary Fukunaga. The hiring of Green Room and Blue Ruin director Jeremy […]
TVLine Items: Santa Clarita Diet Return Date, True Detective Adds 2 and More
Hungry for more? Season 2 of Netflix’s Santa Clarita Diet will be served on Friday, March 23, the streamer has announced, offering up the meme below as an amuse-bouche: Ready for more of today’s newsy nuggets? Well… * HBO’s True Detective has cast Sarah Gadon (Alias Grace) and Emily Nelson (Code Black) in recurring roles for the third […]
‘Justice League’ Actor Ray Fisher Joins ‘True Detective’ Season 3
True Detective season 3 is coming together nicely. Blue Ruin and Green Room director Jeremy Saulnier is co-directing, Deadwood creator David Milch is part of the creative team, Oscar winner Mahershala Ali is the lead, and the cast continues to grow. The latest addition to the True Detective season 3 cast is Justice League actor Ray Fisher, who will play the son of Ali’s character. The […]
Anthropomorphic Animals And Moody Noir Collide In Detective Adventure Backbone
Animal adventures have been a staple across fiction, from the recent Tooth & Tail, or Fables, or Redwall. But rather than war or urban fantasy or a medieval setting, Backbone places its trenchcoat-wearing animals on neon-lit pixel-art streets and within atmospheric detective noir. Inspired by the atmosphere of works like Blade Runner and The Big […]
‘Detective Pikachu’ Cast Grows More Baffling As Ken Watanabe Joins
Hey, remember that a Detective Pikachu movie is happening? And remember that Ryan Reynolds is starring as the voice of the talking hardboiled private eye Pikachu? And that this will be the first Pokemon feature film outside of the anime movies that have been released? Well, this baffling movie just got a little more bizarre, with acclaimed serious actor Ken Watanabe […]
‘True Detective’ Season 3 Recruits ‘Batman v Superman’ Actor Scoot McNairy
The third season of HBO’s True Detective has added another solid character actor to its ranks. A new report says that Scoot McNairy, a modern “that guy” who you’ve likely seen in a dozen things over the past few years, has joined Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali, Selma star Carmen Ejogo, and e-cigarette salesman Stephen Dorff for the newest season of […]
TVLine Items: True Detective Adds Halt Star, Atlanta Season 2 Teaser and More
Halt and Catch Fire alum Scoot McNairy is getting entangled with HBO’s True Detective. The actor has joined the Season 3 ensemble as a father who suffers a terrible loss that ties his fate to that of two state police detectives, our sister site Deadline reports. RELATED
Brenda Blethyn on Vera's return and what makes the detective special
GETTY Brenda Blethyn’s will return as ITV’s favourite no-nonsense detective this weekend But actress Brenda Blethyn has no doubt that her character’s down-to-earth manner is part of what regularly attracts more than six million viewers to the show. “She’s so ordinary; she’s not reliant on lipstick or fashion – she’s not come off the catwalk,” […]
