Antonio Banderas and Nicolas Cage to lead True Detective season five

Antonio Banderas will co-star with Nicolas Cage in the upcoming fifth season of the anthology crime drama series True Detective, UPI and Variety reported. HBO confirmed the casting announcement on social media. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Production on the new season is scheduled to begin in 2027, according to UPI and Variety. Variety reported that Issa López returns as showrunner after directing the fourth season, True Detective: Night Country. [1][3]

Banderas is a Spanish actor who won a Cannes Film Festival Award and received an Academy Award nomination. Cage is an American actor and producer who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Leaving Las Vegas. [9][10][12][13]

True Detective is an American crime drama series created for HBO that features self-contained narratives and different cast ensembles each season, as background information confirms. Previous lead duos included Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, Colin Farrell and Vince Vaughn, Mahershala Ali and Stephen Dorff, and Jodie Foster and Kali Reis, UPI reported. [1][3][11]