“True Detective” creator Nic Pizzolatto’s reunion with Matthew McConaughey will not be moving forward at FX.The Hollywood Reporter was first to break that the creator and writer behind HBO’s acclaimed crime drama anthology series is negotiating an early exit from his FX deal, after his first show at the network fell through.
Pizzolatto’s FX deal was tied to “Redeemer,” a drama series that would have reunited Pizzolatto with his “True Detective” Season 1 lead, McConaughey, who was set to star and executive produce.
But sources told The Hollywood Reporter that McConaughey dropped out of the upcoming series, leading to its termination at FX and possibly scuttling Pizzolatto’s deal in the process.
Pizzolatto was set to write and executive produce “Redeemer.”Pizzolatto’s representatives as well as an FX representative did not return requests for comment.The synopsis for “Redeemer,” which was based Patrick Coleman’s debut novel “The Churchgoer,
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