After many months of limited to zero updates regarding the impending fifth season of True Detective, which was ordered up back in February 2024, the HBO hit reportedly landed Nicolas Cage to head up whatever the newest murder mystery will be under showrunner Issa López. Fans like myself are still holding out hope for Matthew McConaughey to return as TV’s most eloquent redneck, Rust Cohle, but I guess we’ll just have to make do with the Season 1 star offering his own personal seal of approval for that casting.
Speaking with Variety about one of his first live-action projects since 2019’s The Gentlemen — The Last Bus hits the 2025 movie schedule for a limited run on Sept. 19 — McConaughey was asked to weigh in on Cage being reported as the thriller anthology’s newest titular investigator, and it’d be hard to read into his reaction as anything but a warm sign of approval. When asked about it, the Interstellar vet lit up while verifying the casting was legit, saying:
