‘True Detective’ Season 4 in the Works From Issa López, Barry Jenkins

A fourth season of “True Detective” is formally in improvement at HBO, Selection has discovered from sources.

The brand new season is at the moment titled “True Detective: Night time Nation.” The plot is essentially being saved below wraps, however sources say that it might happen within the Arctic, the place evening can final greater than 24 hours. It is usually believed that the season would function two feminine leads. No casting is confirmed at the moment.

Issa López is hooked up to function author and government producer on the brand new season along with directing the pilot. Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski, and Mark Ceryak of Pastel can even government produce. Pastel is at the moment below a first-look deal at HBO and HBO Max. Nameless Content material, which has produced previous seasons of the present, and several other different government producers from previous seasons are anticipated to board the undertaking as effectively.

HBO declined to remark.

This isn’t the primary time there was a multi-year hole between seasons of the critically-acclaimed present. Season 3 of the present, starring Mahershala Ali and Stephen Dorff, aired in 2019. Season 2 aired in 2015, with Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Vince Vaughn, and Taylor Kitsch main the solid. The preliminary season starring Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey, ran in 2014.

Throughout its three seasons thus far, “True Detective” has been nominated for 23 Emmy Awards with 5 wins, all of which have been for the primary season.

López has beforehand written, produced, and directed movies like “Todo Mal,” “Tigers Are Not Afraid,” and “Three Sundays” amongst others. It was reported in February that she’s going to write, produce, and direct the function “The Woman With a Thousand Names” for HBO Max.

She is repped by Rand Holston Administration, M88, and Hirsch, Wallerstein.

Jenkins gained the Academy Award for finest tailored screenplay in 2017 alongside Tarell Alvin McCraney for the movie “Moonlight,” with Jenkins additionally choosing up a nomination for finest director. The movie finally gained finest image whereas Ali gained for finest supporting actor. Jenkins additionally obtained an Oscar nomination for “If Beale Road May Speak” in the perfect tailored screenplay class. Most lately, he labored on the critically-acclaimed Amazon collection “The Underground Railroad,” based mostly on the e-book of the identical title by Colson Whitehead.

Jenkins is repped by CAA, Silent R Administration, and Lichter Grossman.