Colin Farrell is in talks for True Detective's second season

Colin Farrell is in talks for True Detective's second season
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Colin Farrell is in talks to play one of the leads in the second season of HBO's True Detective, Deadline reports.

Deadline says Farrell is "deep in negotiations" for the role, though nothing is official yet. Yesterday, Nic Pizzolatto, the show's writer and creator, told The Daily Beast that the second season will have four leads, rather than three, as originally anticipated. Pizzolatto also revealed that the second season will be set in California.

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Meghan DeMaria

Meghan DeMaria is a staff writer at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for USA Today and Marie Claire.