Two-time Academy Award-winning actress Jodie Foster has been named as the lead in the fourth installment of the HBO anthology series, “True Detective,” according to Variety.
Not much is known about the show’s next season, which is titled “Night Country,” but HBO describes it as “When the long winter night falls in Ennis, Alaska, the six men that operate the Tsalal Arctic Research Station vanish without a trace. To solve the case, Detectives Liz Danvers and Evangeline Navarro will have to confront the darkness they carry in themselves, and dig into the haunted truths that lie buried under the eternal ice.”
Foster will play detective Liz Danvers and will also executive produce the season along with Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski, Mark Ceryak and Issa Lopez. Lopez will write the season with Alan Page Arriaga.
“True Detective” first premiered on HBO in 2014 and starred Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. The season was a critical success and won five Emmy Awards.
Season two premiered the following year and starred Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams and Taylor Kitsch, and received mixed reviews, especially when compared to the first season.
The show was placed on hold and did not return until 2019 with its third season starring Mahershala Ali. The season was praised as a “return to form” and was drew positive reviews particularly for Ali’s performance.
HBO has not set a premiere date for “True Detective” season four yet.
