Matthew McConaughey sets to reunite with ‘True Detective’ creator
Matthew McConaughey is set to reunite with Nic Pizzolatto, the creator of ‘True Detective’ for an upcoming title
- LOS ANGELES — Matthew McConaughey is set to reunite with Nic Pizzolatto, the
creator of ‘True Detective’ for an upcoming title.
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- The new project is also billed to be an epic detective
story. Matthew is in talks to star in a feature film from Skydance based on the
iconic private investigator character Mike Hammer, with a script by Pizzolatto,
reports ‘Variety’.
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- Matthew starred in the first season of Pizzolatto’s HBO
crime series alongside Woody Harrelson in 2014. Skydance acquired the rights to
Mickey Spillane’s and Max Allan Collins’ ‘Mike Hammer’ franchise with plans to
develop and produce the bestselling book series into a feature film.
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- As per ‘Variety’, Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg
and Don Granger will produce along with Entertainment 360’s Guymon Casady.
Benjamin Forkner and Ken F. Levin also produce. Collins will executive produce
with Jane Spillane serving as co-producer. Carin Sage will oversee the project
for Skydance.
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- Deadline was first to report the news.
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- McConaughey recently returned to the screen after a
six-year hiatus with ‘The Rivals of Amziah King’, and will next star alongside
America Ferrera in the Apple TV+ disaster thriller ‘The Lost Bus’.
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- “I needed to write my own story, direct my own story on
the page”, Mathew McConaughey told Variety earlier this year of his time away
from the camera. Pizzolatto is an award-winning novelist, screenwriter,
producer and director most known for creating and showrunning the first three
seasons of HBO’s ‘True Detective’.
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- His books are translated in over 30 languages, and he is
a multiple Emmy and Golden Globe nominee, with two Writer’s Guild Awards.
Recent work includes his first film as writer-director, “Easy’s Waltz”,
multiple projects for Skydance and a television show in development with
Netflix.
