HBO's True Detective - Part 2

[squeekness]

Hopefully they won't make us wait too long.

 

[James]

I'm happy to wait if it means we'll get a great season. If they repeat the season 2 level of quality, I don't think I'll bother with season 4

 

[Sawyer]

I don't think the brand necessarily needs to continue. The whole concept is to start fresh each and every season anyway. Just wait for what Pizzolatto does next and say "Okay, this is True Detective season 3".

 

[Fallen Angel]

Actually it kinda does. The brand "True Detective" is out there and people will get excited over it especially as everyone dreams of a return to season 1 form.

If the new show by Nic was called was called 'Happy Death' and was advertised as season 3 of true detective, I doubt majority would care.

 

[James]

I agree with FA, far more people are going to pay attention to the brand name than who's behind it. I guess they could run the ads like "From True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto..." but it'd be a lot simpler to just keep calling it by its original title.

 

[Fallen Angel]

Exclusive: TrueDetective season 3 has been revived: http://share.ew.com/u4bYpyV

After two years off the air and plenty of speculation about its future, HBO’s True Detective is making some progress behind the scenes toward a new season. EW has exclusively learned that creator Nic Pizzolatto has penned at least the first two episodes for a potential third edition of the acclaimed anthology crime drama.


We have also learned that Emmy-winning writer-producer David Milch — the mind behind dramas such as Deadwood and NYPD Blue — is coming on board to work with Pizzolatto.
The extent of Pizzolatto and Milch’s collaboration is still early days and not yet formalized. Obviously, Milch’s experience as a writer will be a key component, but for the record he’s not expected to serve as the True Detective showrunner (at this stage, there is no specified season 3 showrunner). Also keep in mind a third season has also not yet been greenlit, so new episodes are far from certain.

Of course, you already know True Detective launched to considerable acclaim and fan fascination in 2014 and then fell into a sophomore slump with the critics during its second season in 2015. Both seasons were successful in the ratings, but it’s been unclear whether Pizzolatto was going to produce a third season, and in what capacity he would serve in such an outing. In July 2016, HBO head of programming Casey Bloys assured “…both Nic and HBO are open to another season. I don’t think Nic has a take and he’s working on some other projects. We’re open to somebody else writing it and Nic supervising it. It’s a valuable franchise, it’s not dead, we just don’t have a take for a third season yet.”

 

[Kane52630]

Well that's good he's got an extra hand on the script.

 

[BatmanBeyond]

Well that's good he's got an extra hand on the script.

It would also be nice if they wouldn't rush Pizzolatto into writing the damn thing.

Intriguing news, nonetheless. I was one of the ones who enjoyed S2, despite its obvious flaws.

 

[NotNickFury]

Curious who the showrunner will be. I didn't mind Season 2 and thought a lot of the lead performances, particularly Vaughn, McAdams, and Farrell, were quite good, but I do contend that it wasn't as memorable as the first season- and feel that it took the shootout near halfway through for things to become more engaging.

 

[Warhammer]

As long as it's buttoned up, I'm game. You could have erased Kitsch's character and I don't think anything would change. Velcoro was the best character by far. That character and performance by Farrell deserved a better season.

 

[Sawyer]

Looking at the end result of S1 vs. S2, Pizzolatto needs a consistent collaborator, like he had with Fukunaga, to produce decent results. If that's Milch, so be it.

 

[Roose Bolton]

Milch? Sold.

 

[Doctor Jones]

I'm perfectly okay with Pizzolatto working with Milch if that's the extent of the writing collaboration. This show and how it's done can't seem to be done within a year. I was literally just thinking about a third season a few days ago while I was watching season two and season one (that happens quite a bit)

I was never in favor of a writer's room and I'm pleased that's not what it's gone to thus far. That would water Pizzolatto's intent and voice down. But David ****ing Milch? Yeah. Okay. I can't criticize that. That can work within Pizzolatto's intent and still be an authoritative show. If this is the equivalent of Fukunaga then count me excited. Maybe more excited now.

And good on Pizzolatto for wanting to work with Milch. Milch has been hurting bad lately. He is millions of dollars in debt and is on a strict weekly allowance. Pizzolatto is a big fan of his so this could be what Milch needs.

There's two scripts of a True Detective season three out there. Be still my heart. I pray to God it doesn't have Rust and Marty in it. I am excited. Beyond excited.

 

[Doctor Jones]

As long as it's buttoned up, I'm game. You could have erased Kitsch's character and I don't think anything would change. Velcoro was the best character by far. That character and performance by Farrell deserved a better season.

If Kitsch's character was erased, it would have helped quickened the pace and tightened things. Four lead characters was just too much for what Pizzolatto likes to explore with the case through the characters. He likes to tell of their privates lives as a reflection of the case. It works in season one because it's told from the POV of two characters, but here with four scattered characters, it just takes up too much room and slows things down. I get Pizzolatto not wanting to repeat the buddy cop formula, but just having Frank, a career criminal taking on the role of a "detective" already makes it different. If Paul is gone, it focuses the case more and gives more of Ray, Ani and Frank to do. Frank probably was best to find that body given how he was most effected by it. Season two had three leads originally so Paul was probably added later.

 

[Dyson]

True Detective season 3? YES PLEASE! I'm hoping once this gets the green light that we get one director for the season and one heck of a killer cast.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Aaron Eckhart.

 

[Kane52630]

He definitely needs a boost. He puts 110% into everything he does, no matter how sh***y the movie is.

 

[David H.]

Great, now I'll have to wait even longer than eternity for a Deadwood movie.

*sigh*

Dream picks: Jeremy Saulnier as the season director, Mahershala Ali as the lead.

 

[squeekness]

I'd be happy to watch whatever these guys come up with.

 

[nite-owl]

I just hope they bring back the cosmic horror from the first season.

 

[harlequinade]

Hopefully this won't delay Deadwood comeback that was promised :/

 

[Dyson]

I’d love to see some talented but underrated actors and actresses in the cast for season 3. Sam Rockwell, Barry Pepper, Angela Bassett, Hilary Swank and Eric Stoltz are a few names to come to mind.

 

[Teelie]

I liked Deadwood and thought it was a huge mistake on HBO's part to cancel it so prematurely so having the guy behind that working on True Detective should make a good season 3.

 

[scarlet-witch]

Yes! I really, really hope HBO has a season 3. I liked S2 FWIW. I didn't think it was nearly as terrible as people said it was. I always knew it wasn't going to be better than S1.

 

[Fallen Angel]

I think if True Detective Season 2 didn't have the name "True Detective" behind it, it would've been received better by general audiences. It was nigh on impossible to match let alone top season 1.