True Detective season 5 premiere date: December 2025 update

We are inevitably getting ever closer to a True Detective season 5 over at HBO — with that, what more can we say now?

Well, it has been confirmed at this point that the latest chapter of the long-running series is going to be set around New York City. Beyond just that, a lot of the finer details remain unclear. There have been rumors aplenty that we could be seeing Nicolas Cage star and while that is appealing, it has also not been officially confirmed. There would likely be a rather eclectic group of people around him and of course, we tend to think this is the sort of show that all sorts of big names could get on board. Just remember that the anthology format makes this series incredibly appealing, mostly due to the fact that we’re talking here about a more limited commitment.

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While we do think there’s a chance we could learn more about season 5 this month or in the winter, a premiere date is still really far off. If you are moving forward with any enormous expectations when it comes to that, we do tend to think you are sure to be disappointed. HBO has already confirmed that the next season is bound for 2027 and because of that, there are few reasons to think that the powers-that-be are going to hurry anything along at all. The most important thing is getting the story right.

In general, here is your reminder that Night Country brought along with it a really great renaissance for the franchise, one started to some degree with the improved season 3. It has taken a long time for True Detective to recover after the disappointing second season, but we are almost at the point of it happening at this point.

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