Last year, Nicolas Cage was said to be in talks to star in True Detective season five. It seemed like the perfect combination of performer and IP. But while good things don’t always happen in Hollywood, Cage (basically) revealed at this month’s New York Comic Con he had officially agreed to star on the popular HBO detective series. Now we know he has. And we know who will work this season’s case with him. It’s more good Hollywood news. Antonio Banderas will partner with Cage to solve the series’ next spooky mystery.
True Detective has found its latest cop duo. Antonio Banderas is the latest big-time name to sign on to the show. The news (which we first heard at Deadline) also gives us some insight into what we can expect. Cage will play Henry Logan while Banderas will play Rai Garcia in a story set in Jamaica Bay, New York. That will make the Empire State the fifth different one to serve as the primary setting for the show. However, that does not mean there won’t be connections between this new detective pairing and previous installments. The show’s fifth season will come from showrunner Issa López, who also helmed the critically-acclaimed fourth season, True Detective: Night Country. That season, despite taking place in Alaska, had direct connection to the first installment which took place in Louisiana.
Production on the new installment is expected to begin next year in 2027. In addition to her showrunner responsibilities, López will also write, director, and executive produce. Cage, Banderas, Woody Harrelson, Matthew McConaughey, Daniel Zelman, Mari Jo Winkler, Kathleen McCaffrey, Steve Golin, Richard Brown, Cary Joji Fukunaga, and show creator Nic Pizzolatto will join her as executive producers.
Every season of True Detective has the legendary first year to live up to, and while it hasn’t always done that, tapping Nicolas Cage and Antonio Banderas as your stars will give season five a chance of doing exactly that.
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