This weekend marks the return of Game of Thrones to HBO for its fifth season. However, the premium network is already making plans for its other signature drama.
HBO has announced that True Detective Season 2 will drop on Sunday, June 21. And accompanying the announcement is the very first teaser trailer for the new season of True Detective.
Although the teaser trailer lacks any dialogue, it introduces most of the main characters and new cast members while evoking a larger scale than the first season had.
HBO has released a description of True Detective Season 2 which sets up the new characters and the new mystery ahead:
“A bizarre murder brings together three law-enforcement officers and a career criminal, each of whom must navigate a web of conspiracy and betrayal in the scorched landscapes of California. Colin Farrell is Ray Velcoro, a compromised detective in the all-industrial City of Vinci, LA County. Vince Vaughn plays Frank Semyon, a criminal and entrepreneur in danger of losing his life’s work, while his wife and closest ally (Kelly Reilly), struggles with his choices and her own. Rachel McAdams is Ani Bezzerides, a Ventura County Sheriff’s detective often at odds with the system she serves, while Taylor Kitsch plays Paul Woodrugh, a war veteran and motorcycle cop for the California Highway Patrol who discovers a crime scene which triggers an investigation involving three law enforcement groups, multiple criminal collusions, and billions of dollars.”
Like the first season, True Detective Season 2 will consist of only eight episodes, all of which were written by series creator, Nic Pizzolatto.
