Stephen Dorff (Blade, World Trade Center) has been announced to join the cast of "True Detective" season three.
Dorff will play Arkansas State Investigator named Roland West, partner to Mahershala Ali's character Wayne Hays. According to Deadline, Roland West—along with his partner Hays—"has his life and career influenced over three decades by a baffling crime."
Not much is known about the third season of HBO's anthology drama series aside from some of the new cast members and a little peak from the main story. A short plot description of the series says: "Season 3 will tell 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."
Joining Dorff and Ali is Carmen Ejogo (Selma), who is set to play the character of Amelia Reardon, an Arkansas schoolteacher with a connection to two missing children. Apparently, that certain case will mold the lives of West, Hays, and Reardon together, although further details about the subject are scarce.
Original showrunner Nic Pizzolatto is set to be the writer of the whole series, aside from one episode in which he enlisted the help of David Milch. Pizzolatto will also direct alongside Jeremy Saulnier (Green Room), who is also a newcomer to the "True Detective" franchise.
In a statement, Pizzolatto mentioned how thrilled he is to work with some of the high-caliber talents in the industry (Mahershala and Dorff). He added that he's hoping that the material he'll produce will be a testament to their talents, and that he's brimming with excitement in telling their stories on the show.
Meanwhile, fans of the series should not expect a 2018 release window of the series, as filming for season three is scheduled to begin on Feb. 12 in Arkansas. No one knows exactly when the upcoming season will air, as it's already three years since the season two finale.
"True Detective" season one aired on 214, earning praise from viewers and critics. The show's second season aired on 2015. However, it received a pretty negative response from fans, something that HBO's former President of Programming, Michael Lombardo, took the blame for in 2016.
