“There’s definitely bad men and hard women, but no secret occult history of the U.S. transportation system” has been discarded, he says in an interview with Medium: And now creator/writer Nic Pizzolatto has revealed another difference between the two seasons: his initial plan to delve into the “secret occult history of the U.S. The biggest difference this year is that there will be multiple directors, in contrast to Cary Fukunaga helming every episode of Season 1. That, of course, remains to be seen.I am very, very excited for True Detective Season 2, even if it’s going to be significantly different than the masterful first season. However, under new creative stewardship, a prospective Season 4 might pique enough curiosity to regain some upward momentum for the series. True Detective Season 3‘s ratings were down from the show’s second season but that’s probably to be expected with the three-and-a-half-year delay. The wait between Season 2 and Season 3 was around three and a half years. The wait between True Detective Season 1 and True DetectiveSeason 2 was around one and a half years.
And True Detective seasons don’t really follow any consistent time off between seasons. HBO has always been very…let’s say deliberate in how it decides to greenlight series. Granted, that doesn’t mean much in this case. However, if HBO does indeed move forward with the fourth frame, it will be interesting to see if Pizzolatto’s ideas get salvaged, or if the new showrunner decides instead to put his/her unique stamp on the franchise. It sounded like a good start for True DetectiveSeason 4.
I was looking to do another series, maybe a movie, in the meantime, but yeah. I think it needs to percolate for a while. Where do you even go after this ? But I have an idea that’s kind of crazy. But I have to say … I have an idea…and it’s wild. After one of these I always feel so depleted.
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“I dream of making a TV show where you have recurring characters and don’t have to reinvent the wheel every time. In an interview with EW prior to True Detective Season 3 premiere, the ex-showrunner revealed that he was already thinking about True Detective Season 4, saying: The now-departed Pizzolatto was nursing what he described as a “wild” idea for Season 4.
Still, it’s also worth noting that True Detective fans have become accustomed to lengthy gaps between its anthological iterations. Yet, even if Season 4 does ultimately come to fruition, the major creative turnover would likely signal that we won’t see it on the air for quite a long time. After all, it’s still a potent branding that HBO owns outright, which makes a relaunch under the creative stewardship of a new visionary a feasible alternative to cancellation. However, the departure of Pizzolatto doesn’t necessarily mean the end of True Detective.
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Moreover, compounding HBO’s pain, said new series has already procured a high-profile headliner, none other than True Detective Season 1’s Matthew McConaughey! His new deal – with Fox 21 TV Studios and FX Productions – will see Pizzolatto create and develop a new television drama series, titled Redeemer, another dark and gritty crime drama, which already has a script-to-series commitment. Indeed, the sly foxes of FX have poached Pizzolatto away from his existing overall deal with HBO (which was purportedly worth around $3 million), and, by virtue of that, True Detective. Nearly a year after it was last on the air, we now know something about the still-hypothetical fourth season of True Detective – it would move forward without its creator, showrunner (and sole writer, save for one David Milch credit), Nic Pizzolatto! True Detective Season 3 had something unusual for the HBO anthology series: a kind of happy ending! But will the True Detectivefranchise itself follow suit and get a happy ending of its own? In other words – will we get a True DetectiveSeason 4? Unfortunately, that prospect is not looking so good in light of recent news.