True Detective is an American anthology crime drama television series created and written by Nic Pizzolatto. (Photo : Twitter/True Detective/HBO)
HBO executives are aware of the criticisms "True Detective" season 2 is getting but it appears that season 3 is happening with showrunner Nic Pizzolatto at the helm again.
During the 2015 Television Critics Association summer press tour on July 30, Thursday, HBO programming president Michael Lombardo revealed that he has already called Pizzolatto and told him that they should start talking if he wants to do "True Detective" season 3.
Lombardo said he did not call Pizzolatto to tell him they need to talk about "True Detective" season 3 if the HBO crime drama series creator follows some of his rules. The HBO exec said he is not interested in having such a conversation with Pizzolatto.
For Lombardo, what Pizzolatto is doing on "True Detective" season 2 is "so much bolder and braver" and so satisfying that he "would happily be in business with him for a very long time." He described the "True Detective" creator as "one of the best writers working in television and motion pictures today."
"I didn't believe this season, or last season, was intended for as big an audience as we're getting," USA Today quoted Lombardo as saying. Having watched the entire "True Detective" season 2 and described it as "enormously satisfying," he said the HBO series works but the viewers need to watch the entirety of the sophomore season.
Airing on HBO Sundays at 9 p.m., "True Detective" season 2 still has two episodes remaining. As Lombardo puts it, how the show ends is "as satisfying as any show."
"True Detective" season stars Vince Vaughn, Colin Farrell, Taylor Kitsch and Rachel McAdams, who has recently landed a role in Scott Derrickson's upcoming film "Doctor Strange," Cinema Blend has learned.
