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HBO confirm True Detective season 2 cast

November 25th, 2014 by Marc Comments

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There’s nothing here that we didn’t know already but it’s always good to get confirmation, isn’t it?

HBO have officially announced that Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch and Kelly Reilly are joining Colin Farrell and Vince Vaughn for True Detective Season 2.

In the second season, three police officers and a career criminal must navigate a web of conspiracy in the aftermath of a murder.

“Colin Farrell will play Ray Velcoro, a compromised detective whose allegiances are torn between his masters in a corrupt police department and the mobster who owns him while Vince 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.

“Just announced, McAdams will play Ani Bezzerides, a Ventura County Sheriff’s detective whose uncompromising ethics put her at odds with others and the system she serves. Kitsch wills star as Paul Woodrugh, a war veteran and motorcycle officer for the California Highway Patrol, running from a difficult past and the sudden glare of a scandal that never happened. Finally, Reilly will play Jordan, Frank Semyon’s wife, a former D-list actress who is a full partner in his enterprises and ambitions.”

Justin Lin will direct the first two of the eight episodes in the coming weeks, kicking off filming in California.

Are you excited for the second season? Let us know what you think of the casting in all the usual ways…

Source: Coming Soon

Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he’s been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He’s a dad of two who now doesn’t have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he’s a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….