Netflix Has Good News For ‘True Detective’ Season 1 Fans
While True Detective has entered a new, worse era over on HBO, even before that it seemed pretty clear it was never going to reach the highs of season 1 again. But now, Netflix has some good news for fans of that season, albeit no, Rust Cohle is not returning to screens.
What’s happening, however, is that Matthew McConaughey is reuniting with True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto. Reportedly, this project was the subject of a bidding war between Apple, Amazon and Netflix before Netflix finally won out.
The show also co-stars Cole Houser, who previously was in Dazed and Confused with McConaughey back in 1993. It’s a tangled web here, a bit. Houser was a star in Yellowstone, and McConaughey was recently considered for a Yellowstone spin-off that ultimately never happened. And this new show was not, apparently, going to ever head to HBO as Pizzolatto has had a rather poor relationship with them since TD, openly criticizing True Detective: Night Country (which I would argue was deserved).
Through all this, we only know two things about the show:
- It’s called “The Brothers Project,” where McConaughey and Hauser are playing brothers. (This is sort of funny as McConaughey has an Apple TV+ comedy in the works where he will play Woody Harrelson’s brother, another True Detective reunion. There are also reports that the two recently found out they could be half-brothers).
- Then, The Brothers Project is related to sports in some way, as the project is from Skydance Sports.
Netflix has not commented on this project, as all this is from internal industry reports. And as such, it does not have any specific date attached to it. 2026 or 2027 seems the most likely, provided all of this comes to fruition.
There have been a few high-profile sports series in recent years. Owen Wilson golf outing Stick was just renewed for season 2 on Apple TV+. Apple also refuses to let its hit Ted Lasso rest in peace. Netflix renewed Kate Hudson’s Running Point almost immediately. What isn’t known, however is whether this is a drama or a comedy like those others. Given everyone involved, it seems like a comedy is somewhat unlikely. And if we’re talking sports drama, I have instant flashbacks to the all-time classic, Friday Night Lights.
LOS ANGELES, CA – JANUARY 10: Nic Pizzolatto and Matthew McConaughey attend the HBO premiere of True Detective Season 3 at DGA Theater on January 10, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for HBO)
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It certainly sounds like an interesting reunion between creator and actor, and Houser did great on Yellowstone. Hopefully we hear more official information about this soon, now that Netflix has landed the project.
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