True Detective Season 5 starring Nicolas Cage

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Nicolas Cage is nearing a deal to star in "True Detective" Season 5 at HBO, Variety has learned from sources.

Details are being kept under tight wraps on the new season, but it was revealed earlier this year that Season 5 will be set in the Jamaica Bay area of New York City.

Cage would be the latest high-profile star to take on a leading role in "True Detective." Leads of past seasons include Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Mahershala Ali, and Jodie Foster. Harrelson, McConaughey, Ali, and Foster all earned Emmy nominations for their respective seasons, while Foster won both an Emmy and Golden Globe Award for her work in Season 4.

Reps for HBO declined to comment.

This would also mark just the second lead television role Cage has taken on in his storied career. It was revealed in 2024 that Cage would play Spider-Man Noir in a live-action series for MGM+ and Amazon Prime Video. The show does not have an official release date at the time of this publishing but is slated to debut in 2026.

Cage is one of the most celebrated actors of his generation, having won the Academy Award for best actor for "Leaving Las Vegas" and getting a nomination in the same category for "Adaptation." He is also known for his starring roles in films like "Moonstruck," "Raising Arizona," "Face/Off," and the "National Treasure" and "Ghost Rider" films. His recent projects include "Pig," "Longlegs," "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent," "Dream Scenario," and "Renfield."

"True Detective" was renewed for a fifth season in February 2024 following the success of Season 4, a.k.a. "True Detective: Night Country." Issa López is returning as writer and showrunner under her overall deal with HBO. Per HBO, Season 4 was the most-watched installment of the show to date, with 12.7 million cross platform viewers.
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Too bad about the showrunner.
 
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Though yeah, given the showrunner it will probably still suck.
 
WAT.

Oh, I'm in for this one.

EDIT: Oh man. Imagine it told from the Longlegs-type killer's point of view?

Now I am sad.
 
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Interesting. But S4 of that show was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo underwhelming, with so little payoff for all that tedium, it's gonna be a hard pass from me till it is all out and I know it has a satisfying conclusion. At least S3 had a somewhat compelling mystery and S2 was just kinda bananas. S1 was peak TV though, ain't never gonna be topped.
 
Still havent watched S4. I heard a lot of hate about it, but the only thing most ppl agreed on was that the atmosphere was nice. I'm a sucker for night wintery stuff. Ill give it a try.
 
The Cockatrice said:
Still havent watched S4. I heard a lot of hate about it, but the only thing most ppl agreed on was that the atmosphere was nice. I'm a sucker for night wintery stuff. Ill give it a try.
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Watch the first ep. Then never watch any more and just imagine cool fantastic things in your head. It will ABSOLUTELY be way better than what actually happens on that show.
 
I only watched Season 1 last year after two friends badgered me into it. If it goes downhill from there at all, I'd rather just not bother.
 
They should be nearing deals with new writers and a new showrunner, not going to give it a chance even with Nic on board.
 
Season 4 was an abomination that made seasons 2 and 3 look like absolute masterpieces, no matter who they hire that retard showrunner will ruin it

You can actually tell from the decisions she made on season 4 that there's no hope for her, she's just too low IQ to create anything watchable, it was a cringefest of epic proportions and she was just too fucking stupid to see it
 
Connificent said:
S1 is still the best but I enjoyed 2 and 3 too. Couldnt finish 4.
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Please skim the final episode to see who killed them, it's probably the dumbest, cringiest TV you ever watched, it's certainly an experience

In fact anyone who even watched just the first episode should do it, it's worth it just for the
 
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jonnyp said:
How the actual fuck can they keep that showrunner? Just how?
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Once you realize that the vast majority of C-suite imbeciles are talentless, clueless nepo babies who basically inherited their positions everything about corporate America and its moronic decisions will start making sense

True Detective is a popular TV franchise and they hired Jodie Foster so a lot of people tuned in so the numbers were good and that's all management cared about so they kept the showrunner. Of course the show's reputation being severely damaged because of the god awful season was none of their concern, when eventually the numbers do down they'll have no idea how it happened. It's the same way brands collapse one after another the last few years and CEOs are always surprised despite the myriads of warning signs, they're too stupid to understand that in a franchise current numbers are more indicative of the quality of the previous iterations, not the current one
 
Since this is a HBO show :

Season 1 : Gabagool ? Ovah' 'eeere !
Season 2 : foggeht abour' it Ton'

Season 3 : Varsity athlete

Season 4 : *Italian giggles* hEhEheHe *Italian giggles* and OoohhHhh MarRon'

Season 5 : CHRISTOPHAAA (?)
(most prob will be either another OoohhHhh MarRon' or foggeht abour' it Ton' due to the show runner).
 
SJRB said:
lmao they brought back S4's writer/showrunner.
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Hopefully he can "save the fucking day". Cage can usually get the best out of the worst writing, and make it somewhat redeemable just from his presence.
 
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Cage is a great wildcard pick for this. But the S04 showrunner coming back almost entirely squashes my excitement.

The logical thing to do would be to bring back the OG creatives; even if it takes a truckload of money.

My dream scenario for this would be Nic Cage in a somewhat more understated role perhaps with Tom Pelphrey as a younger brother, one a cop and the other assisting in some capacity due to a special skill and insight. Looking into a case that links with many elements of a shared, traumatic past.
 
Audiophile said:
My dream scenario for this would be Nic Cage in a somewhat more understated role perhaps with Tom Pelphrey as a younger brother, one a cop and the other assisting in some capacity due to a special skill and insight. Looking into a case that links with many elements of a shared, traumatic past.
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Personally, for me, the "tortured cop on that last case that links to his failures all dribbled out via flashbacks" is waaaaaay played out. It's a good hook, admittedly, but unless its a solid 10 out of 10 in execution I'm just over it as narrative device.
 
Yeah, season 4 was basically unwatchable.

Honestly, I'm pretty measured and rational when it comes to reacting to "woke" elements in media, but the first couple of episodes of season 4 was the absolute peak example of shoe-horned in "diversity" and progressive politics.
Fucking unbearable.
 
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