“True Detective: Night Country,” the fourth and critically acclaimed season of “True Detective,” written and directed by Mexican filmmaker Issa López, ended on Sunday night and became the most watched in the anthology’s history at HBO. According to THR, the show averaged 12.7 million viewers across all platforms since January. 14 premiere, besting season one, which aired a decade ago and averaged 11.9 million viewers across platforms (HBO measures viewing for 90 days after a season premiere).

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“True Detective: Night Country” is halfway through its episodes already, with many critics considering the latest season a return to form for the anthology series. But don’t tell creator Nic Pizzolatto that, because he isn’t a fan of what new showrunner Issa López is doing this season.

READ MORE: ‘True Detective: Night Country’ Review: A Haunting Dark Night Of The Soul Returns The Franchise To Spellbinding Form

CBR reports that Pizzolatto’s issues with “Night Country” stem from brief asides to the lore of the show’s acclaimed first season with Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson in the new episodes.

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After losing its original director and facing multiple rounds of revisions on the script, the “Blade” reboot from Marvel Studios seemingly still has some creative challenges to overcome. The Hollywood Reporter reports that “True Detective” creator/writer Nic Pizzolatto has been tapped by Marvel to help on the latest round of rewrites for the supernatural action-horror film.

READ MORE: Mia Goth Joining The MCU With Mystery Role In Marvel’s ‘Blade’ Reboot Movie

Of course, Pizzolatto and “Blade” star Mahershala Ali previously worked together on the third season of HBO’s acclaimed “True Detective” series, which, ironically enough, co-starred original “Blade” actor Stephen Dorff.

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There is a common idea floating around, specifically with cynically-minded fans, that Hollywood has run out of original ideas and everything has to be a sequel, reboot, remake, or a combination of all three. Well, those folks aren’t going to be excited to know that a TV series adaptation of “The Magnificent Seven” is coming, and the origins of the new series seem to lend credence to the idea that modern studios are really only interested in farming IPs. 

According to Deadline, “True Detective” creator Nic Pizzolatto has signed on to write and produce a new series adaptation of “The Magnificent Seven” for Amazon Studios.

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While the past two seasons of HBO‘s “True Detective” didn’t measure up to the first, the show still cements Nic Pizzolatto as one of the better TV writers out there. But Pizzolatto isn’t part of the upcoming “True Detective: Night Country,” so what’s his next project? Well, THR reports that he’s at work with Amazon on a new series that may be Prime Video‘s answer to Taylor Sheridan‘s “Yellowstone” behemoth.

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Ever since it was announced that HBO would be moving on with “True Detective” without the help of series creator Nic Pizzolatto, people have been wondering what the filmmaker would be doing next. Well, it appears Pizzolatto has found his next project, “Easy’s Waltz,” and it’s about as anti-“True Detective” as possible. 

READ MORE: Kali Reis To Star Alongside Jodie Foster In ‘True Detective: Night Country’ From Writer-Director Issa López

According to Deadline, Nic Pizzolatto is set to write and direct the indie drama, “Easy’s Waltz.” Not only that, he’s also found his main cast, as Vince Vaughn, Michelle Monaghan, Al Pacino, and Simon Rex have all been signed.

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While writer/director/producer Nic Pizzolatto made his name on creating and running HBO’s “True Detective” for three seasons, he’s since moved on. He isn’t involved with the upcoming crime anthology “True Detective: Night Country,” starring Jodie Foster and featuring new creatives. But the acclaimed writer has given an idea of what he has been up to over the last couple of years, and it’s been a productive few years.

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If you have followed the history of the “True Detective” series on HBO, you know that the show is creatively overseen by writer Nic Pizzolatto. The acclaimed writer has been an integral part of all three seasons and has reportedly had some clashes with filmmakers over that time. Well, according to the filmmaker behind Season 1 of “True Detective,” Cary Fukunaga, his struggle with Pizzolatto comes down to what he felt was an unfair partnership.

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What’s been going on with HBO’s hit show crime anthology show “True Detective” that hasn’t been on the air since early 2019? The timeline is something like this: in January 2019, creator Nic Pizzolatto said he had a “wild” idea for season four, something extremely ambitious, and he had “hoped” HBO would let him do it.  Maybe the cable channel wasn’t super keen on the concept?

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When it was announced, “Redeemer” was a series that had absolutely everyone excited. The FX series seemed like a prestige drama that would reunite the creator of “True Detective,” Nic Pizzolatto, with the Emmy-winning star of the series, Matthew McConaughey. And if it was half as good as the first season of that HBO hit, then it would have to be something special.

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After Darren Aronofsky discussed his plans for his failed “Batman” movie, you’d think we were done with controversial takes on the superhero, but you’d be wrong. While we wait for news on the latest (but certainly not last) reboot of the character in Matt Reeves‘ “The Batman” there’s another writer who wants to take a shot at the character, “True Detective” creator, Nic Pizzolatto.

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In this day and age, there are very few certainties in life. Of course, the biggest certainty is that death comes for us all. And that’s followed by the next biggest certainty we can all agree on— “True Detective” Season 1 is the best season of the three HBO has released thus far. Thanks to the combined efforts of writer-creator Nic Pizzolatto and an incredible performance from Matthew McConaughey, “True Detective” Season 1 is one of the best batches of episodes to be birthed from this era of Peak TV.

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While the most recent season of “True Detective” wasn’t the cultural phenomenon that the first season was, many saw Mahershala Ali’s run on the show as a bit of a return to form for the HBO drama, especially in light of the disappointing Season 2. However, this renewed interest in the franchise doesn’t necessarily mean that “True Detective” is on the fast track to Season 4. In fact, there’s no guarantee that a new iteration of the series is even in the cards.

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With the whole Batman debacle behind him, it’s time for Ben Affleck to focus on the future. And no, that future doesn’t include tights and a secret identity. It appears that the actor-director is set to do what he does best, direct and star in a major feature film.

Deadline is reporting that Affleck has signed on to direct and star in the upcoming film “Ghost Army.” The film is based on the book, “The Ghost Army of World War II: How One Top-Secret Unit Deceived the Enemy with Inflatable Tanks, Sound Effects, and Other Audacious Fakery.” Yes, that’s quite a mouthful.

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After one major career-minting success (“True Detective” season one) and one resounding follow-up failure (season two), the narrative around “True Detective” creator /showrunner/writer/ Nic Pizzolatto’s third season is that he is returning to a back-to-basics approach. But that’s hardly the case, and perhaps more accurately, season three marks a quasi-return to safety, albeit one that’s needlessly more complicated and predictably dour.

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Set in three time periods, the 1980s, the 1990s and 2015, Pizzolatto makes it extra difficult on himself and the viewer in season three, featuring a crime at its center that spans four decades.

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One of the more surprising stories surrounding the upcoming Season 3 of “True Detective” came during 2017, when it was revealed that the “Deadwood” creator David Milch had teamed up with Nic Pizzolatto to help write part of the season. Of course, no one was complaining about the news, as Milch is one of the best writers in TV today, but it just felt like an odd combination.

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Mahershala Ali has seen his star rise so much in the last couple of years, after winning his Academy Award for his powerful performance in “Moonlight.” Since then, Ali has been front and center in a variety of projects, including this year’s Oscar contender, “Green Book.” But apparently, when he was approached to star in Season 3 of “True Detective,” he wasn’t originally offered the lead, despite his credentials, because of his race.

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Despite faltering in its second season, HBO’s “True Detective” is back for a third go-round and joining the fray is the Oscar-winning actor Mahershala Ali. And for those fans who want the series to return closer to its Season 1 roots, it looks like creator Nic Pizzolatto is doing just that.

In the new trailer for “True Detective” Season 3, we meet Ali’s character, a cop who was in charge of an investigation about two missing children in the Ozarks.

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There’s no doubt that writer Nic Pizzolatto is very good at his job. His first season of “True Detective” is regarded as one of the high marks of the recent “Golden Age of TV.” The second season…well, that all depends on your tastes. And by all accounts, his novel “Galveston” is a great hard-boiled crime thriller, which he would later adapt into the upcoming feature film, hitting theaters and VOD this weekend.

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Actor-turned-director Mélanie Laurent continues her impressive directorial streak with her English language debut “Galveston”, adapted from the novel by “True Detective” creator Nic Pizzolatto. Fluidly moving through a number of genres, including crime thriller and on-the-run road film, Laurent creates a quiet and introspective character study, getting highlight performances from Ben Foster and Elle Fanning. While not exactly the hard-boiled thriller that it’s being sold as, “Galveston” shows Laurent evolving as a dramatic director and makes the case for Foster as one of the premier actors working today.

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It’s official. “True Detective” will return for its eight-episode third season SUNDAY, JAN. 13 (9:00–10:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO, followed by other episodes subsequent Sundays at the same time.

READ MORE: ‘True Detective Season 3’ Teaser Trailer: HBO’s Show Returns In January 2019

The new season tells the story of a macabre crime in the heart of the Ozarks, and a mystery that deepens over decades and plays out in three separate time periods.

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If you haven’t seen any films by filmmaker Jeremy Saulnier, then you’re missing out. He’s one of the very best up-and-coming directors around. His 2014 film “Blue Ruin” is a crime-thriller masterpiece and 2016’s “Green Room” was such a dark and nasty neo-Nazi revenge thriller that it felt like an avant-garde horror movie.

READ MORE: Jeremy Saulnier Says Anyone Who Believes His Upcoming Netflix Movie Isn’t A Real Movie Should “Stab Themselves In The Face”

Saulnier’s latest venture into the dark abyss, “Hold the Dark,” has him teaming up with Netflix.

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Welp, HBO knows how to make a splash. Given it’s the final episode of the critically acclaimed “Sharp Objects” with Amy Adams tonight—we need to talk about that episode, but another time—the cable channel has used the all-eyes-on-the-show opportunity to deliver a surprise teaser trailer for the third season of Nic Pizzolatto’s “True Detective” season three.

Starring Mahershala Ali, Carmen Ejogo, Stephen Dorff, Ray Fisher, Scoot McNairy and Mamie Gummer, “True Detective” season three wasn’t expected until sometime deeper into 2019, but HBO has revealed with this new, surprise teaser that the show is returning January 2019.

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Fittingly enough for the series, there’s been a lot of mystery surrounding season 3 of “True Detective.” After an Emmy-nominated first season, ‘Detective’ fell on hard times, as season 2 failed to excite audiences. Now, HBO hopes that the upcoming new season can revitalize the series, and while filming in Arkansas, creator, Nic Pizzolato, and star, Mahershala Ali, opened up about why “True Detective” will be back to its former glory.

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“Galveston” had its premiere earlier this year at SXSW. While one would think the talent involved in the film would make this a must-see, it feels like “Galveston” came and went without much fanfare. However, as you can see in the new trailer for the film, it doesn’t matter how much press “Galveston” has received, you’re going to want to see it.

The teaser for the film doesn’t give much in the way of plot details, but you can definitely get a feel for what you can expect.

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