Antonio Banderas has joined Nicolas Cage in “True Detective” Season 5.
\n\nThe duo will headline the next installment of the HBO anthology series, which is set to begin production in 2027.
\n\nThe new season hails from showrunner Issa López, who helmed the Alaska-set fourth season, “Night Country,” starring Jodie Foster and Kali Reis. Season 5 will take place in Jamaica Bay, New York.
\n\nFew character details are known, but Banderas will star as Rai García while Cage will play the role of Henry Logan.
\n\nLópez is the writer and director, executive producing alongside writer Daniel Zelman as well as Mari Jo Winkler, Kathleen McCaffrey, Cage, Banderas, Steve Golin, Richard Brown, Nic Pizzolatto, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey.
\n\nCreated by Pizzolatto, “True Detective” has been nominated for 41 Emmys and has won six, including for actors Harrelson, McConaughey, Ali and Foster. Per HBO, Season 4 was the most-watched installment of the show to date, with 12.7 million cross-platform viewers.
\n\nBanderas is coming off of celebrated roles in the Anthony Bourdain biopic “Tony” as well as the Nicole Kidman-led “Babygirl.” He also starred in “The Mask of Zorro” and “The Legend of Zorro” and voices Puss in Boots in…
Original source: https://variety.com/