'True Detective': Antonio Banderas joins Nicolas Cage for season 5

The fifth season of the HBO anthology series, True Detectivecontinues preparations for the start of filming.

The cast begins to take shape, with the confirmed incorporation of Antonio Banderasjoining Nicolas Cagewho was announced a few days ago on stage at New York Comic-Con (via Deadline).

The few details available about the season reveal that Cage will play New York detective Henry Logan, in charge of the main case of the new season, while Banderas will play Rai Garcia. The story will take place in Jamaica Bay, New York.

The fifth season will feature the return of the Mexican filmmaker Issa López as screenwriter and showrunner. López was in charge of True Detective: Night Countrythe fourth season of the anthology, which starred Jodie Foster and Kali Reis.

Filming for the fifth season is scheduled to begin in 2027.

In December 2024, López told NYP about the following season:

“There will be important connections between everything that happens in Ennis, Alaska, and the characters of Ennis, Alaska, and what happens in the new [temporada]. That said, it's a new story, new characters, everything.”

True Detective: Night Countrythe fourth season of the anthology, starred Foster and Reis as detectives who delve into the truths hidden beneath the eternal ice to solve the disappearance of the eight men who operate the Tsalal Arctic Research Station in Ennis, Alaska. Foster won an Emmy for her work on the series.

Previously, Francesca Orsi, director of drama series and films at HBO, said: “Issa has a lot to say, just like in Night Country. It is a different environment, but just as impressive.”

The first season starred Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, the second starred Colin Farrell, Vince Vaughn, and Rachel McAdams, and the third starred Maheshala Ali and Carmen Ejogo.

López serves as writer, director and showrunner, and will executive produce alongside Cage, Banderas, Harrelson, McConaughey, Daniel Zelman, Mari Jo Winkler, Kathleen McCaffrey, Steve Golin, Richard Brown, Nic Pizzolatto and Cary Joji Fukunaga.