Vince Vaughn And Colin Farrell To Star In Season 2 Of "True Detective"
BuzzFeed - Latest 2014-09-23
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HBO has confirmed the casting of Farrell in the Nic Pizzolatto-created anthology series. #TrueDetectiveSeason2
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Those rumors that Colin Farrell would be starring in the highly anticipated second season of HBO's police anthology series True Detective turned out to be, well, true.
HBO today confirmed the casting of Farrell in the Nic Pizzolatto-created drama and announced that the former star of In Bruges would be joined by Vince Vaughn (The Internship) for the eight-episode second season. Production on Season 2 is set to begin this fall in California, with the first two episodes to be directed by Justin Lin (The Fast and the Furious 6), who most recently delved into television with the pilot of CBS' Scorpion.
In True Detective Season 2, Farrell will play Ray Velcoro, described by the network as "a compromised detective whose allegiances are torn between his masters in a corrupt police department and the mobster who owns him," while Vaughn is set to play Frank Semyon, "a career criminal in danger of losing his empire when his move into legitimate enterprise is upended by the murder of a business partner."
While details of the plot of Season 2 are vague, HBO did confirm that these next eight episodes will revolve around three cops and Vaughn's "career criminal" who find themselves enmeshed in a conspiracy following a murder. Additional casting for the other two police officer roles will be announced by HBO at a later date.