“True Detective” has locked down its detective duo for Season 5.
Nicolas Cage and Antonio Banderas will star in the upcoming fifth season of HBO’s crime drama anthology, TVLine has learned. The season will start production next year, with Cage playing Henry Logan and Banderas playing Rai García. No further plot or character details are available at this time.
Cage was reportedly in talks last year to join the Season 5 cast, with the Henry Logan character described then as a New York detective and the season said to be set in the Jamaica Bay area of New York. Those details have yet to be confirmed by HBO, however.
Issa López, who wrote and directed Season 4, aka “True Detective: Night Country,” will return as showrunner in Season 5. Nic Pizzolatto created the series and oversaw the first three seasons, but stepped back in Season 4, with López taking over.
True Detective brings in a new cast each season
“True Detective” debuted on HBO in 2014, with each season telling a new story with a new cast. Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson starred in Season 1, with Colin Farrell and Rachel McAdams taking over in Season 2 and Mahershala Ali and Stephen Dorff in Season 3. Jodie Foster headlined Season 4’s “Night Country,” winning an Emmy for best lead actress in a limited series. (Check out our ranking of all four seasons.)
Nicolas Cage is best known for his film work, including roles in acclaimed films like “Moonstruck” and “Leaving Las Vegas” (which won him an Oscar for Best Actor) and action blockbusters like “Con Air” and “National Treasure.” He recently starred as the titular superhero in Prime Video’s “Spider-Noir,” which was canceled after one season. Antonio Banderas is also primarily known for movies like “Desperado,” “The Mask of Zorro,” and the “Shrek” series, where he voices Puss in Boots. But he’s earned a pair of Emmy nominations as well, for the 2003 HBO movie “And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself,” and for 2018’s “Genius: Picasso,” where he played legendary artist Pablo Picasso.
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