It's official: HBO is moving forward with a third season of anthology True Detective.
Nic Pizzolatto will serve as the lone writer on the season save for David Milch, who co-wrote the fourth episode.
Pizzolatto, who created the series, will serve as showrunner and direct alongside relative newcomer Jeremy Saulnier.
Executive producers include Pizzolatto, Saulnier, Scott Stephens and season one stars Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey as well as original director Cary Joji Fukunaga.
As previously announced, Oscar winner Mahershala Ali (Moonlight) will topline season three as Wayne Hays, a state police detective from Northwest Arkansas.
News leaked in March that Deadwood creator Milch was teaming with Pizzolatto on season three.
Bloys said in July that Pizzolatto had almost the entirety of True Detective season three written — "I've read five scripts on the new season and I think they're terrific," the exec told reporters at TCA. »