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It seems that the second season of True Detective will have female leads, something that was rumoured after a tweet from show creator Nic Pizzolatto @friggenawesome One of the detriments of only having two POV characters, both men (a structural necessity) Next season… And soon HBO were auditioning actresses as leads for the next season[...]

After the first season of HBO's breakout hit True Detective, folks have been wondering what exactly they were going to do next The story following stars Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson was wrapped up in season one and the same two detectives having a story worth second case on the level of the first stretches[...]

Even if you haven't read Robert Chambers' The King In Yellow, it's possible that you may be more recently aware of this nineteeth century collection of short stories, courtesy of the many references made towards it in the TV series True Detective. But if the thought of reading all those words book is just too much for[...]

As many folks are eagerly awaiting a new season of the HBO series True Detective, rumors on casting have been running rampant But this is the first we've heard of a possible director choice THR is reporting that Justin Lin from The Fast & The Furious franchise is in talks to direct two episodes of[...]

Fans of the HBO series True Detective are already itching for more episodes and the rumors surrounding the second season are starting to pick up Reports that Colin Farrell was being considered for one of the three main characters surfaced last week and now Collider.com is sharing some possible plot specifics from a newer website[...]

I thought True Detective was great, if flawed, and can't wait to see the impact that kind of short-form creator-driven success has on TV My friend Cherie Priest is starting a new series of novels with Maplecroft, a story I know she's really passionate about And I can't wait to see the Fullbright Company's next project,[...]

I watch very little TV, but I'm fascinated by Adventure Time, True Detective, and Game of Thrones Music? That list is way, way too long, but some of my go-tos are Prince, Otis Redding, Beastie Boys, and I've been listening to Black Keys, Vampire Weekend and Chvrches a lot lately. Dark Engine #1 is released July[...]

Never has the phrase "Were we even watching the same show?!" been so applicable. Bootleg DVD covers sometimes provide a few chuckles thanks mostly to language barriers, but never has more been lost in translation than here with the bootleg DVD cover for HBO's quiet and contemplative and understated True Detective. The Eiffel Tower! Explosions! Woody Harrelson[...]

About as closely scrutinized as any superhero blockbuster in pre-production, speculation has been running rampant about the return of HBO's massive hit True Detective No, Jessica Chastain will not be in season 2, but finally creator/showrunner Nic Pizzolatto is talking about it, sort of, probably sensing how much interest there is in the show in[...]

HBO clearly gets that people are still in mourning over True Detective ending and have graced us with this, a deleted scene that didn't make it to air during the first season. We knew that Rust (Matthew McConaughey) ultimately ends up in 2012 alone, but we also knew that he "almost" got married again at some[...]

Adi Tantimedh writes, By now I'm sure people have either watched or about to watch the final episode of True Detective.  And I'm sure a lot of people will have read that writer Nick Pizzolatto has cited Alan Moore as a key influence on his writing Some commentators online have already cited From Hell by Alan[...]

We covered that with one scene from Being Human and Miracleman before now. And last night's finale of True Detective did something similar with Top Ten. Considering these are the final lines of the episode, there are spoilers obviously And our twosome are left, bound together by circumstance, outside a hospital facing mortality, talking about the night[...]

Fans of the HBO series True Detective started asking "What is The King In Yellow?" when it was referenced on the show recently Well, the answer is that it's a novel by Robert W (Robert William) Chambers and if you want to read it, you can get it free today for your Kindle. [...]

Adi Tantimedh writes: Three new cop shows this month have caught my eye: True Detective, Bosch and the British series Babylon. Cop shows are like the bread-and-butter of TV drama They have a pre-sold audience that's hungry for a genre that's all about not just solving crimes, but about bringing order to a world of chaos[...]

Thus far the clips and promos for HBO's new drama series True Detective have leaned heavily on the atmosphere and sense of mystery surrounding the plot, but this new one takes a decidedly different approach, delving deep into the psyches of our two leads played by Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. Michelle Monaghan narrates our look[...]

This show had me from those first creepy clips and each new trailer for True Detective just leaves me wanting more It's hard to beat the pedigree on this project: the entire self-contained first season was directed by Cary Fukunaga, who brought us the dark and beautiful Jane Eyre, and it stars two of the[...]