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Woody Harrelson Rules Out True Detective Return With McConaughey

He says a reunion would risk tarnishing their acclaimed first season and prefers to leave it untouched.

Overview

  • In an interview on NBC's 3rd Hour of Today, Harrelson answered "never" and "not a chance" when asked about reprising Marty Hart.
  • He explained that Season 1 "turned out great" and that doing another run would, in his view, likely diminish its legacy.
  • Matthew McConaughey and creator Nic Pizzolatto had recently expressed conditional openness to a reunion if an exceptional script materialized.
  • HBO is developing a fifth season under Issa López, reportedly set around New York’s Jamaica Bay, with Nicolas Cage linked and a timeline discussed in reports for around 2027.
  • Harrelson noted he and McConaughey are instead pursuing a half-hour Apple TV+ comedy, which began production earlier this year before pausing for a creative reset.