Everything to Know About 'True Detective: Night Country'

This season is going to get dark—literally.

True Detective Season 4, titled True Detective: Night Country, is a go.

The series has a new showrunner and writers following some fans' disappointment with Season 2 and 3.

“We are tremendously excited to return to the True Detective franchise and to be working with the multi-talented Issa López, whose singular vision for her Night Country installment will be beautifully realized with Jodie Foster and Kali Reis in the starring roles,” Francesca Orsi, executive vice president of HBO programming, said in a statement.

With an Oscar winner in a starring role and a diverse cast in tow, the new True Detective looks like a promising revival. Here's everything we know so far.

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Who is in the True Detective Season 4 cast?

So far, the cast of True Detective: Night Country includes:

Jodie Foster as Detective Liz Danvers

Jodie Foster in "True Detective: Night Country" on HBO<p>HBO</p>
Jodie Foster in "True Detective: Night Country" on HBO

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Jodie Foster stars as Liz Danvers, a detective investigating the disappearance of several men in Alaska.

Kali Reis as Detective Evangeline Navarro

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Kali Reis as Evangeline Navarro in "True Detective: Night Country"

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Motivational speaker, boxer and actress Kali Reis is Detective Evangeline Navarro, who works with Detective Liz Danvers in an effort to find the missing men in their Alaska town.

Aka Niviâna as Julia, Evangeline Navarro's sister

Julia is Evangeline's sister who's struggling with personal demons.

Isabella Star Lablanc as Leah

Leah is Liz Danvers' stepdaughter in True Detective: Night Country.

Joel D. Montgrand as Eddie Qavvik

Eddie Qavvik is described as a musher and Evangeline's love interest.

John Hawkes as Hank Prior

Hank Prior is a police officer with scores to settle—and possibly with skeletons in his closet.

Christopher Eccleston as Ted Corsaro

Ted is a local police chief.

Finn Bennett as Peter Prior

Liz Danvers' protégé in the series is Peter Prior, and not every habit he picks up from her is a good one.

Fiona Shaw as Rose Aguineau

Rose Aguineau is a survivalist with some secrets.

Anna Lambe as Kayla Malee

Kayla Malee is a nurse who does not take kindly to anyone messing with her family.

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When is the True Detective Season 4 release date?

True Detective: Night Country will premiere sometime in 2023, though an exact release date has yet to be announced.

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What is True Detective Season 4 about?

It sounds like True Detective: Night Country is going to get spooky, especially thanks to the 24-hour periods of night in Alaska during the duration of the season.The synopsis reads:

“When the long winter night falls in Ennis, Alaska, the six men that operate the Tsalal Arctic Research Station vanish without a trace. To solve the case, Detectives Liz Danvers (Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Reis) will have to confront the darkness they carry in themselves, and dig into the haunted truths that lie buried under the eternal ice.”

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Is there a True Detective Season 4 trailer?

A brief teaser of True Detective: Night Country played in an HBO sizzle reel for 2023. In it, we see Foster as Danvers saying she's "on the case" and speaks about the six men going missing.

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