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True Detective

If you subscribe to HBO or know someone who does you can watch it on HBO Go, OR if you have DirecTv and subscribe to HBO you can watch it on DirecTv's website. I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF TV YOU HAVE IN CANADALAND.
 
http://www.tv.com/shows/true-detective/community/post/true-detective-season-2-details-140120677608/

HBO's True Detective hasn't even been officially renewed for a second season (but surely that's just a formality), but casting rumors have been circulating ever since Marty and Rust walked off screen after conversing about stars, darkness, and hope. First it was the scuttlebutt about female leads, then Jessica Chastain was reportedly offered a lead role and the internet pegged her as the Season 2 star (which was apparently news to her), and even Brad Pitt has been mentioned as a potential successor to Matthew McConaughey's bootprints.

But now we can return to the comfort of knowing nothing, because the show hasn't yet started its Season 2 casting, according to True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto. While speaking on the radio show To the Best of Our Knowledge on Sunday, Pizzolatto dropped a few details on Season 2 (at the very end of the extended interview), which sounds like it will be quite different from Season 1.

The biggest change? There will be three lead characters instead of the two that dominated Season 1. "Right now, we're working with three leads," Pizzolatto said. And neither of them will be Rustin Cohle or Marty Hart. "The characters are all new, but I am deeply in love with all of them."

Season 2 is also leaving the swamps of Louisiana for the varied terrain of California. "It takes place in California. Not in Los Angeles, but some of the lesser-known venues of California and we're going to try to capture a certain psychosphere ambience of the place, much like we did with Season 1." So yes, Season 2 will still be a crazy mind trip, just like Season 1 was.

Pizzolatto also said he has the whole second season mapped out, a couple scripts written, and that casting will begin "in earnest" in about a month.

The dusty expanse of nothingness that is the Central Valley? The rocky, foggy coast near Big Sur? The gorgeous landscape of Lake Tahoe? A murder in Toontown at Disneyland? California is kind of big, so that's a lot of psychosphere possibilities. I'm in.
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I'm glad Pizzolatto is so into that he's already got some scripts written. I hope season 2 is as good or better than season 1.
 
I am pissed that they are entering the show in the Best Drama category instead of Best Miniseries at the Emmys.

It's an anthology show like AHS, which competes in the Best Miniseries category (and AHS has more episodes per season than TD).

I'm also pissed that about 15 minutes of the last season of Breaking Bad qualifies it for awards again this year. It's been over for ages, it took its final bow at last year's awards (and won), it's time to let someone else have a minute in the spotlight. :rwmad:
 
Rumors are flying about the season 2 cast, but nothing has been confirmed OF COURSE... latest rumor

News Briefs: Colin Farrell and Taylor Kitsch Are Reportedly in Talks for True Detective Season 2 - True Detective Community - TV.com

One day after HBO's True Detective earned several Emmy nominations, including nods for both Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, multiple media outlets are reporting that Irish actor Colin Farrell is in talks to star in Season 2. HBO executives weren't willing to spill any casting information yesterday during their panel at the Television Critics Association summer press tour, but they did say the cast would probably include some familiar faces. You will, of course, recognize Farrell from his critically acclaimed work in Daredevil, Miami Vice, and his sex tape.
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I like Taylor Kitsch, but I can't express how sceptical I'd be about Colin Farrell. I know I pretty much hated Matthew McConaughey and would switch channels to avoid him whenever he appeared on TV, but can lightning really strike twice? Not convinced!
 
Colin Farrel is a very good actor though. Like really, he is. I don't like him that much either, but the guy can act. As well as McConaughey? Probably not, but he's no hack.
 
I was really surprised by how good Mathew McConaughey was in this, he's been in lots of shit movies, but I guess almost all actors go through a shit movie phase once they're famous. I'm thinking the quality of the writing, directing, editing, and all that stuff does a lot to make an actor really look good.... SO I'm not too worried about Colin Farrel. He could be great in this!
 
Yeah I don't think Colin Farrel's a bad actor, he just usually picks shitty parts I guess.

But what about the female leads...
 
Yeah. McConaughey dropped a bit of a masterclass on an unsuspecting audience. The rest of the cast were hardly chewing scenery though. They had a great script with great direction and production. The big question mark is whether we get something as ballsy and suspenseful as the first season. Colin is a fine actor, but he will only be as good as the material and that is what we should be worried about, since True Detective is rebooting every season. He is the least of the worries.
 
I'd be totally cool with Colin Farrell. I'm still resistant to McConaghey whenever I see him on any screen, but Farrell is fine by me.
 
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