“True Detective” creator Nic Pizzolatto was hard-pressed to recapture lightning in a bottle after the breakout success of season 1. It didn’t help that most of the actors and creatives that made the initial season a critical darling wouldn’t be coming back for season 2, nor that HBO pushed for a relatively quick turnaround between […]
Continue readingHBO is responsible for some of the most influential television shows of all time. The current Golden Age of Television that we are living in now began with “The Sopranos” in 1999. However, “True Detective” was something completely different. The eight-episode detective series premiered in 2014, and changed television forever. There was a longstanding notion that […]
Continue readingThe “True Detective” franchise has been stumbling on HBO for a while now. The first season is one of the most beloved series to hit TV over the last 10 years. Seasons 2 and 3, however… not so much. Clearly, it was time for HBO to go in a different direction if the network hoped […]
Continue readingIn times of crisis, the best thing any of us could do is use our personal skills, the things that make us unique, to help. In filmmaker Cary Fukunaga’s case, being on the ground to document the human toll of the war in Ukraine was his way of using his skills to make a difference.The […]
Continue readingWhile there was “Sopranos” and Martin Scorsese’s “Boardwalk Empire” before it, and David Fincher’s participation in “House Of Cards” that paved the way for the streaming age, it’s hard to argue that the show that launched the current era of streaming Peak TV with auteur directors involved was anything other than HBO’s “True Detective,” directed […]
Continue readingMore “True Detective” is in the works at HBO — and even as the series shakes up its creative team, the property continues to attract Hollywood’s top talent.According to a new report in Variety, “Moonlight” director Barry Jenkins has signed on to executive-produce Season 4 of the crime anthology, currently subtitled “True Detective: Night Country.” […]
Continue readingNic Pizzolatto’s crime drama anthology series for HBO may be coming back for a fourth season, but Pizzolatto won’t be returning this time around. According to a report from The Hollywood Reporter, HBO has brought Issa López on board to take over script duties for the show’s next season, tentatively titled “True Detective: Night Country.” As if […]
Continue readingFor years, HBO has been the gold standard as far as prestige TV series goes. The network has won dozens of awards, and TV fans are basically under the assumption that every new show on HBO warrants a watch because it’s probably really great. And over those years, there have been plenty of series that […]
Continue readingIn addition to directing “No Time to Die,” Cary Fukunaga is serving as one of four credited co-writers on it, along with “Fleabag” luminary Phoebe Waller-Bridge and James Bond series veterans Neal Purvis and Robert Wade. The film has already been released in the U.K. and it’s coming to U.S. theaters on October 8, 2021, but […]
Continue readingThe actor on being close to Jack Nicholson, missing his brother and his most unappealing habitBorn in Atlanta, Georgia, Stephen Dorff, 47, started acting as child. His films include The Power Of One, Blade and Somewhere. He also co-starred in the third series of True Detective. His latest film, Embattled, is released on 5 July. […]
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