“True Detective” followers can count on loads of “really f – – ked up stuff” within the sequence’ upcoming fifth season, showrunner Issa López has solely advised The Publish.
Season 5 will mark López’s second season on the helm of the anthology crime drama, after taking on from sequence creator Nic Pizzolatto in Season 4, “True Detective: Night Country.”
López spoke with The Publish about the way forward for the HBO present at TheWrap’s 2024 Energy Girls Summit in Beverly Hills on Dec. 3.
“Well, what I can say is there’s going to be -— my God! — there’s going to be some important connections between everything that happens in Ennis, Alaska, and the characters in Ennis, Alaska, and what happens in the new [season],” López revealed, referring to the small city the place “Night Country” takes place.
“That said, it’s a new story, new characters, everything.”
“But…” she mentioned, trailing off with a playful pause earlier than including, “There’s a little bit of joy for the fans of ‘Night Country.’”
López additionally confirmed that “Night Country” and the upcoming fifth season exist in the identical universe as the primary three installments of “True Detective.”
“It’s very important for me, and I worked a lot in ‘Night Country’ about this, to create the feeling that this is the same universe; that the events that happened in the first season, and the weird s – – t that happens in the first season affects this sensation of, ‘There’s something bigger than us and darker than what we can imagine behind the scenes,’” she defined.
“And that is happening in this [next] season too. And it’s it’s connected to the original idea of ‘True Detective,’ of this dark reality behind the scenes of what we think is our reality.”
When requested whether or not it could be honest to say that we will count on some darkish, bizarre issues to be taking place within the subsequent season, López advised The Publish, “Absolutely. Very fair. Really f – – ked up stuff.”
Whereas discussing how “Night Country” positioned indigenous tales on the coronary heart of Season 4, López acknowledged that it was not one thing many followers of the sequence would have predicted.
“That was the fun of the challenge, you know, to do something that had resonated profoundly with a lot of people and and see how it could stay true to that spirit, but also opened doors to different stories,” she mentioned.
“And I think we got away with that. The reaction was astounding because we got so much love and incredible ratings and a lot of love from the critics.”
“True Detective” was renewed for a fifth season nearly instantly after the “Night Country” finale aired in February.
Starring Jodie Foster and Kali Reis, Season 4 revived the franchise, which had been dormant since 2019. It attracted extra viewers than the primary season, led by Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson in 2014, and earned 19 Emmy nominations, together with one win for Foster as Excellent Lead Actress in a Restricted or Anthology Collection or Film.
On Monday, the sequence obtained three Golden Globe nominations. Unsurprisingly, HBO requested López to return for Season 5.
However regardless of the success, “Night Country” was not with out its detractors. Nic Pizzolatto famously trolled the present he created after Season 4 started airing.
“We got a tremendous backlash from the core audience in the first season, especially in the first season, because I think that the a little bit of what a certain sector of the audience loved that was the male presence and the male power in it,” López provided. “And you know, it’s a very different thing than what I did with ‘Night Country.’”
“So we did get a backlash, but it was honestly fun to see too, you know,” she mentioned with a smile.
“I just feel that is very important to say, ‘You can keep what is delicious and wonderful and unique about the story and just open it for different voices.’”
Although López has been busy writing the subsequent chapter of “True Detective,” it’s too quickly to inform when Season 5 will probably be launched.
In September, Chairman and CEO of HBO and Max Content material Casey Bloys confessed he didn’t know when the present will make it to airwaves. If previous manufacturing timelines are precedent, and if on-line hypotheses are to be believed, late 2025 could be the earliest doable launch date.
