HBO's True Detective - Part 1

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[Sawyer]

Deadline:

Matthew McConaughey & Woody Harrelson Attached To Star In Cable Cop Drama Series
By NELLIE ANDREEVA

EXCLUSIVE: A hot event drama project is hitting the cable marketplace. Written by Nic Pizzolatto, the eight-part series has Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson attached to star and Cary Fukunaga (Jane Eyre) to direct all 8 episodes. Titled True Detective, it is descried as an elevated serial narrative with multiple perspectives and time frames. It centers on two detectives, Rust Cohle (McConaughey) and Martin Hart (Harrelson), whose lives collide and entwine during a seventeen-year hunt for a serial killer in Louisiana. The investigation of a bizarre murder in 1995 is framed and interlaced with testimony from the detectives in 2012, when the case has been reopened. The concept is for the 8-episode first season to resolve the mystery at hand, with subsequent seasons using same structure but new characters and story. I hear that, in addition to the assembled team of a writer, director and stars, the pitch for True Detective includes two written episodes and a bible. Anonymous Content, which manages both Pizzolatto and Fukunaga, developed the project in-house and is producing. Anonymous’ Richard Brown, Steve Golin and Bard Dorros are executive producing with Pizzolatto and Fukunaga.

This is the first TV collaboration for best friends McConaughey and Harrelson who have done two features together, Edtv and Surfer, Dude. For McConaughey, this marks the first regular TV series gig, for Harrelson, it marks a return to the medium where he became a household name as one of the stars of Cheers. Both McConaughey and Harrelson appeared on HBO programs recently — McConaughey guest starred on comedy Eastbound & Down, Harrelson starred in the movie Game Change. RWSH Agency-repped Pizzolatto, an award-winning novelist and short-story writer, recently worked on AMC’s The Killing. McConaughey and Harrelson are with CAA, Fukunaga with WME.

Intrigued...

 

[Kane52630]

Last scene of each episode.

 

[Sawyer]

Given Pizzolatto's career as a prose writer, I wonder if he'd ever do some sort of novelization of this entire season. Because I would read the **** out of that.

 

[PWN3R]

Last scene of each episode.

This is easily one of the best moments in the entire show. This gifs cuts away but when he stares at Papania again and just eye balls the hell out of him... yeaaaaaaaah.

 

[Bruce Malone]

Self-contained, sure, but there's still the bigger mystery at hand, who else was involved in that little girl's murder? There's still a mystery left to be solved, as they both clarified in the hospital to one another, so I'm sure that this new investigation in season two will also trigger certain events in this first season, as they'll probably still keep true to that flashback/fractured structure to the narrative, allowing you to decipher between what's real and what's falsified (most likely) from this new batch of detectives. I hope that McConaughey and Harrelson return in some way or another though, maybe it'll be necessary for future detectives to need their knowledge of events from '95 and onwards in their own personal investigations as well.

It's just not going to work that way. This show is a pure anthology meaning there is no overall arcing connections between seasons/stories. Even AHS which is almost a pseudo anthology due to the returning actors, each season is independent fully from the last.

Matthew McConaughey made it clear this was a one off and he had no plans to be involved in the 2nd season.

Yes there were questions that weren't answered but that was deliberate on the part of the writer, he never intended to fully wrap up the conspiracy. It was more about the progression of the 2 detectives as characters with the conspiracy serving as the catalyst to their character progression.

I think some people were disappointed with the finale because they missed that fact.

 

[Brother Jack]

That right there might be my favorite moment of the season. Rust's haunting dialogue overlaid with the imagery from the compound; tall grass and a dilapidated house leading into the reveal of Ledoux which looks reminiscent of the old big foot footage. Far away and shot through the foliage. It was showcasing a real-world bad guy and framing him as though he were a supernatural monster.

 

[thejon93]

It's just not going to work that way. This show is a pure anthology meaning there is no overall arcing connections between seasons/stories. Even AHS which is almost a pseudo anthology due to the returning actors, each season is independent fully from the last.

Matthew McConaughey made it clear this was a one off and he had no plans to be involved in the 2nd season.

Yes there were questions that weren't answered but that was deliberate on the part of the writer, he never intended to fully wrap up the conspiracy. It was more about the progression of the 2 detectives as characters with the conspiracy serving as the catalyst to their character progression.

I think some people were disappointed with the finale because they missed that fact.

I loved the finale, though I'm fine with Cohle and Hart not returning, it's still kind of disappointing to hear that they won't be coming back. In some capacity down the line, I expect they will reprise their roles due to popular demand. Still, I'm excited to hear who'll be taking their place and when we'll be able to see the next season (probably next year, around the same time).

 

[Bruce Banner]

I'm about ready to watch these eight episodes again. When it comes to my personal preferences this series pretty much checked off the all the boxes of what I wanted in entertainment (noir, macabre, disturbing philosophy, borderlined on supernatural). Hannibal would be up there too if I didn't know that some characters have to survive to suffer their fates from the original source material. With TD, I felt a genuine since of foreboding and dread that grew throughout.

I think I actually have now come to understand the obsession some of you had waiting for each new episode for Breaking Bad with me having to suffer waiting each Sunday for this.

 

[thejon93]

I'm about ready to watch these eight episodes again. When it comes to my personal preferences this series pretty much checked off the all the boxes of what I wanted in entertainment (noir, macabre, disturbing philosophy, borderlined on supernatural). Hannibal would be up there too if I didn't know that some characters have to survive to suffer their fates from the original source material. With TD, I felt a genuine since of foreboding and dread that grew throughout.

I think I actually have now come to understand the obsession some of you had waiting for each new episode for Breaking Bad with me having to suffer waiting each Sunday for this.

Whole-heartedly agree. I can't remember being more excited to sit down and watch a show since True Detective came rolling out, right from the previews I knew it was going to be something special... and surely enough it was. I love this show and I seriously can't wait to see more. Just watched Rampart the other day with Woody Harrelson and that was a really great movie. Does anyone think that McConaughey should play Daredevil in the Netflix series that Marvel's starting up soon after watching him in True Detective? I think he'd be great, and bring the guy who played Errol as the Kingpin of Crime and it could be another big hit for McConaughey.

 

[squeekness]

It's going to be painful having to wait a whole year to see what comes next. This was the best show I've seen in a long time. The comparison to Hannibal was apt, these are two of the most well thought out shows to come out in a long time.

 

[marcvader]

Whole-heartedly agree. I can't remember being more excited to sit down and watch a show since True Detective came rolling out, right from the previews I knew it was going to be something special... and surely enough it was. I love this show and I seriously can't wait to see more. Just watched Rampart the other day with Woody Harrelson and that was a really great movie. Does anyone think that McConaughey should play Daredevil in the Netflix series that Marvel's starting up soon after watching him in True Detective? I think he'd be great, and bring the guy who played Errol as the Kingpin of Crime and it could be another big hit for McConaughey.

Good call on Fleshler as Kingpin but not so much on Matt as Matt.

 

[Bruce Banner]

It's going to be painful having to wait a whole year to see what comes next. This was the best show I've seen in a long time. The comparison to Hannibal was apt, these are two of the most well thought out shows to come out in a long time.

I love them both for different reasons despite both having similar elements. Take away the procedural aspects of Hannibal and make one case per season the focus and the payoff would feel glorious like it did mostly did with TD.

Both have the atmosphere and dread. The ***** of it is I know where Will Graham ends up. We know where Hannibal's games will lead him. With Rustin Cohle and Marting Hart I had no freaking idea where they'd end up by the eighth episode. When it comes to my tastes, I'm quite happy to being spoiled the past couple of years.

 

[squeekness]

I guess I don't see as much predictability in Hannibal because they have altered the story so much. I am not sure where it will take us. But yes, True Detective, being totally new, you didn't know what was going to happen next.

 

[Shifty]

It's going to be painful having to wait a whole year to see what comes next. This was the best show I've seen in a long time. The comparison to Hannibal was apt, these are two of the most well thought out shows to come out in a long time.

FX's limited series Fargo debuts on April 15 and that could join American Horror Story and True Detective by having a new cast/story each season. They'll have 10 episodes to tell their story, have an excellent cast too.

 

[squeekness]

For whatever reason the Fargo show doesn't interest me in the least...

 

[Shifty]

A full trailer hasn't been released yet, just short teases that haven't revealed anything.

 

[runawayboulder]

For whatever reason the Fargo show doesn't interest me in the least...

I'll watch it but I'm a little hesitant. I don't like Billy Bob Thorton as a person. He's kind of a *****e and that could keep me from getting into the character.

 

[thejon93]

Good call on Fleshler as Kingpin but not so much on Matt as Matt.

Hell yeah, Flesher would be absolutely intimidating as Kingpin. I'd love to see McConaughey play Daredevil because I know that the studio would agree to do Daredevil R-rated with him on board. He's such a phenomenal actor that I'd love to see him finally play a superhero, what better for him then to play a blind lawyer from Hell's Kitchen when he literally just stepped out of Hell from this season of True Detective. Give him a series as a comic-book hero and the results will be staggering, adults will finally have something to love about Marvel if the PG-rated movies don't do much for them.

 

[thejon93]

I'll watch it but I'm a little hesitant. I don't like Billy Bob Thorton as a person. He's kind of a *****e and that could keep me from getting into the character.

Never heard of the show until now, but I'm loving the cast for it. Martin Freeman, Bob Odenkirk (Sal from Breaking Bad) and Oliver Platt? Sounds good to me. Also, while I don't blame you for not liking Thornton, he does seem like a rather distasteful guy at times, I've always found him to be a dependable actor. Guys like him, Dennis Quaid and Tommy Lee Jones all get bad reps for being jerks, but it doesn't take away from the performances they give IMO. I thought that Thornton was absolutely fantastic in Bad Santa (watch the Director's Cut if you're looking for a less funny, more darker and dramatic version of the film).

 

[runawayboulder]

Never heard of the show until now, but I'm loving the cast for it. Martin Freeman, Bob Odenkirk (Sal from Breaking Bad) and Oliver Platt? Sounds good to me. Also, while I don't blame you for not liking Thornton, he does seem like a rather distasteful guy at times, I've always found him to be a dependable actor. Guys like him, Dennis Quaid and Tommy Lee Jones all get bad reps for being jerks, but it doesn't take away from the performances they give IMO. I thought that Thornton was absolutely fantastic in Bad Santa (watch the Director's Cut if you're looking for a less funny, more darker and dramatic version of the film).

Oh, I agree he's a fantastic actor. I'm not too sure what type of role he's playing but it would be hard for me to get into him as a protagonist that you're supposed to root for when in real life he's a tool.

 

[thejon93]

Oh, I agree he's a fantastic actor. I'm not too sure what type of role he's playing but it would be hard for me to get into him as a protagonist that you're supposed to root for when in real life he's a tool.

I think it'll probably be like his role in The Ice Harvest with John Cusack, he'll probably be bad but likeable.

 

[Paradox1]

I like Matt But I don't see him as daredevil he's actor but he's at his best when that southern draw of his is played up. Matt Murduck through and through is a New Yorker I'm not sure he could play that convincingly.

 

[Kane52630]

I never noticed that Errol is George Remus from Boardwalk Empire until now.

 

[killface]

matthew mcconaughey for doctor strange. He could be the anchor of marvel's phase 3 in the same way RDJ was for phase 1.