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Q: HBO’s anthology series, True Detective, is only two season in, but has already come face to face with the fickle fallacy of fandom. Now, it’s looking for a way to redeem itself, and Mahershala Ali may be the answer. 
  
 The stars have always been a major hook when it comes to this series. Can Ali bring back the viewership lost in Season 2? Let’s find out. 
  
 1. The previous seasons 
  
 True Detective Season 1 was an immediate hit. Creator Nic Pizzolatto, a relatively new name in TV, was soon the talk of the town, and the performances of stars Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson were rightfully praised. This set high expectations for Season 2. 
  
 Sadly, things didn’t go as planned for Pizzolatto, HBO, and A-list cast members like Vince Vaughn, Rachel McAdams, and Colin Farrell. Rolling Stone’s Sean Collins wrote in his “postmortem” of the season that it made True Detective 2015’s “most passionately disliked show.” 
  
 2. Mahershala Ali 
  
 Until July 2017, we had heard nary a peep about Season 3. But then came the rumors that Ali had signed on to star, which was later confirmed by an Instagram post (as is tradition these days). 
  
 At the TCA 2017 presentation that month, HBO president of programming Casey Bloys said, “We have a deal with Mahershala Ali to play lead. So right now, we are talking to directors and when we find a director that we want to hire, we’ll be a go for that.” 
  
 And now it appears that HBO has found a director it wants to hire. Per Mashable, Bloys recently revealed that director Jeremy Saulnier (Green Room) has been tapped to direct multiple episodes, along with True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto. 
  
 3. Ali’s early career 
  
 If you don’t know Ali’s name by now, you haven’t been paying attention. But that hasn’t been the case for very long. 
  
 Ali got his start on Season 1 of NBC’s Crossing Jordan. From there, he starred in two back-to-back series, Threat Matrix and The 4400. He also appeared in a few films during this time, including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. 
  
 4. A household name 
  
 Ali’s career took off in 2013 when he began a long-term role on House of Cards as Remy, a lobbyist who eventually goes to work for Frank Underwood in the White House. In 2014 and 2015, Ali had a role as Boggs, Katniss’ bodyguard and friend, in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 and Part 2. 
  
 But 2016 was undoubtedly Ali’s best year to date. He starred in Moonlight, for which he won the Best Actor Oscar. And that wasn’t even the only Academy-nominated film he was in last year — he also had a part in Hidden Figures. 
  
 Finally, Ali entered the Marvel TV universe as a villain, playing Cottonmouth in Season 1 of Netflix’s Luke Cage. 
  
 5. A new start 
  
 Beyond Ali’s casting and the addition of Jeremy Saulnier as director, little else is known about True Detective Season 3. One of the few details HBO shared is that Mahershala Ali will be playing a state police detective from northwest Arkansas named Wayne Hays, in “a mystery that deepens over decades and plays out in three separate time periods.” It appears as though HBO will be starting fresh after the disappointment of Season 2. 
  
 6. The creative team 
  
 What we do know about the production is that the product is quality. “Nic has written truly remarkable scripts,” said HBO president Casey Bloys. “With his ambitious vision and Mahershala Ali and Jeremy Saulnier aboard, we are excited to embark on the next installment of True Detective.” 
  
 So who else is behind these scripts? It seems as though Pizzolatto collaborated with David Milch, who has worked with HBO on series such as Deadwood and Luck. 
  
 7. A Matthew McConaughey reprisal? 
  
 At one point, rumors of Matthew McConaughey reprising his role as Rust Cohle on the third season were swirling, but there has never been any confirmation. The actor showed an interest in potentially returning to the character, but only in “the right context.” However, we do know that he is supportive of Ali in his new role. 
  
 McConaughey told USA Today: 
  
 I worked with [Ali] on Free State [of Jones] and he’ll be a great fit, because I know whatever’s coming out of Nic’s writing mind, it’s heady and hardcore. It’s a very harsh reality. Mahershala’s got heavy feet. He’s grounded and rooted, and doesn’t have [an] attitude. There’s no room for attitude in Nic’s writing. 
  
 Check out Entertainment Cheat Sheet on Facebook! ||||| Nic Pizzolatto will be the lone writer on the series, save for David Milch, who penned one installment. Jeremy Saulnier and Pizzolatto will direct. 
  
 It's official: HBO is moving forward with a third season of anthology True Detective. 
  
 Nic Pizzolatto will serve as the lone writer on the season save for David Milch, who co-wrote the fourth episode. (An episode count has not yet been revealed.) 
  
 Pizzolatto, who created the series, will serve as showrunner and direct alongside relative newcomer Jeremy Saulnier. Executive producers include Pizzolatto, Saulnier, Scott Stephens and season one stars Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey as well as original director Cary Joji Fukunaga. Steve Golin, Bard Dorros and Richard Brown will also be credited as exec producers. 
  
 Season three will tell the story of a macabre crime in the heart of the Ozarks and a mystery that deepens over decades and plays out in three separate time periods. 
  
 As previously announced, Oscar winner Mahershala Ali (Moonlight) will topline season three as Wayne Hays, a state police detective from Northwest Arkansas. 
  
 "I'm tremendously thrilled to be working with artists at the level of Mahershala and Jeremy. I hope the material can do justice to their talents, and we're all very excited to tell this story," Pizzolatto, who has an overall deal with HBO, said Thursday in a statement. 
  
 HBO would not officially confirm that they were moving forward with a third season of True Detective until they found a director who would work with Pizzolatto on the series, which broke out after its freshman run but failed to win over critics with its polarizing second star-studded season. (The Hollywood Reporter chief TV critic Tim Goodman called it "confusing.") 
  
 "Nic has written truly remarkable scripts. With his ambitious vision and Mahershala Ali and Jeremy Saulnier aboard, we are excited to embark on the next installment of True Detective," said HBO programming president Casey Bloys. 
  
 Rumors have swirled for months about the future of True Detective. News leaked in March that Deadwood creator Milch was teaming with Pizzolatto on season three. 
  
 A premiere date has not yet been determined. Bloys said in July that Pizzolatto had almost the entirety of True Detective season three written — "I've read five scripts on the new season and I think they're terrific," the exec told reporters at TCA. 
  
 The True Detective revival comes as HBO is heading into 2018 likely without its highest-rated show in Game of Thrones (which probably won't be back until 2019), though Westworld — which wrapped in late 2016 — is set to return next year. HBO's drama lineup also consists of David Simon's The Deuce and the forthcoming Sharp Objects adaptation. ||||| Mahershala Ali is what True Detective needs to recover from its terrible second season. 
  
  
  
 The future of Season 3 as of now is dependent on Ali’s participation. Following a brilliant first season led by Woody Harrelson and a highly disturbing version of Matthew McConaughey, True Detective’s second season stalled thanks to an off-putting Colin Farrell (who starred with Rachel McAdams) and a general inelegance in execution compared to Season 1. 
  
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 Ali is reportedly in the early stage of locking in a leading role for the still-unconfirmed third installment, according to Variety. 
  
 While “True Detective” hasn’t been renewed for a third season, it’s likely the anthology’s official order is contingent on the cast, along with the quality of the script, so Mahershala’s deal closing will surely speed up the process. After a stellar first season and then a rocky second season, HBO recruited “Deadwood’s” David Milch to collaborate with “True Detective” creator Nic Pizzolatto on the third installment. Pizzolatto was said to have settled on a concept for Season 3 earlier this year, and began working on scripts in March. 
  
 The reason Ali should be cast is that 1) he’s good and 2) we want to see him all the time. True Detective notably served as the perfect vehicle for McConaughey’s late-career ascent. Ali hit that mark with Moonlight, and he not only has a cool detective look about him but the gruff authoritative voice to match. Who will be his partner? I’ll nominate myself. 
  
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 Last year, HBO’s programming head Michael Lombardo took blame for True Detective’s tragic second season citing the “short time frame” given to the series showrunner and writer Nic Pizzolatto. |||||
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Season 3 of True Detective is officially happening, per the Hollywood Reporter. Mahershala Ali is the lead on the latest installment of HBO's anthology series; he will play a state police detective from Arkansas who gets caught up in a "macabre crime in the heart of the Ozarks and a mystery that deepens over decades and plays out in three separate time periods." HBO held off on confirming the third season of the show until it found a director who would team up with show creator Nic Pizzolatto, who is basically the sole writer of this season. While the first season of the show was a massive hit, the second season failed to land with critics. The director the network found is Jeremy Saulnier, though Pizzolatto will also co-direct. Deadwood creator David Milch co-wrote one episode; Deadline reports that he has been "helping on the show." It's long been reported Ali, who won an Oscar for his role in Moonlight, would play the lead, and in July, Jezebel called the actor "what True Detective needs to recover from its terrible second season." TV Cheat Sheet takes a look at his background and whether he can bring fans back to the show. The official news of his casting is getting a lot of love on Twitter. "I gotta say, if you have to do another TRUE DETECTIVE, Mahershala Ali + Jeremy Saulnier w/ an assist from David Milch is a good deal," says one user.