Anyone who’s seen the brilliant first season of HBO’s “True Detective” is likely excited by the mere thought of creator Nic Pizzolatto re-teaming with season star Matthew McConaughey, which is precisely the exciting scoop that Deadline brings to us this afternoon.
Deadline reports that “Redeemer” has “landed a script-to-series commitment at FX.”
“Created by Pizzolatto and inspired by Patrick Coleman’s debut novel The Churchgoer, “Redeemer” stars McConaughey as a minister-turned-dissolute security guard whose search for a missing woman in Texas leads him through a corruption-steeped criminal conspiracy, as his past and present impact and entwine around a mystery of escalating violence and deceit.”
Sounds at least cut from the same cloth as the first season of “True Detective,” doesn’t it? As for “True Detective,” it’s possible that HBO will be moving on without Pizzolatto.
That said, “True Detective” has not yet been renewed for a fourth season by HBO.
The series comes from Fox 21 TV Studios and FX Productions, and both Pizzolatto (who has just signed an overall production deal with Fox 21 Television Studios and FX Productions, Deadline also reports) and McConaughey are on board to executive produce.