‘True Detective’ Renewed For Season 5 At HBO As Showrunner Issa López Strikes Overall Deal
deadline.comTrue Detective is coming back for a fifth season at HBO. Issa López, who served as showrunner for True Detective: Night Country, the fourth and most successful iteration of the crime franchise, will oversee the next installment as part of an overall deal she signed with the network.
It’s yet to be decided as to whether season five of True Detective will be related to Night Country or will be an entirely new story.
However, what’s clear is that, despite creator Nic Pizzolato’s criticisms, López’s season has brought a return to form for the True Detective universe, becoming the most-watched season with 12.7 million cross platform viewers. RELATED: ‘Frasier’ Scores Season 2 Renewal At Paramount+ As part of López’s new multiyear deal, she will also create new content for HBO and Max.
True Detective: Night Country starred Jodie Foster and Kali Reis, detectives who have to confront the darkness they carry in themselves, and dig into the haunted truths that lie buried under the eternal ice in order to solve the disappearance of the eight men who operate the Tsalal Arctic Research Station in Ennis, Alaska.
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