There have been no confirmed reports of a possible third season for the HBO crime anthology series "True Detective", which ended last August. Though HBO's head seems to be ready to give the green light, series creator, writer and executive producer Nic Pizzolatto is still extremely silent about the show's future.
In a post from VineReport, HBO's President of Programming Michael Lombardo has expressed his interest in picking up a third installment for True detective and that he leaves the final decision to Pizzolatto. The show's first season was widely embraced by the viewers and a second season was announced even before the first season ended.
The second season of "True Detective" was harshly criticized by the public, including the show's directors Quentin Tarantino and David Croneberg. According to Crossmap, Tarantino admitted he has never watched any of the episodes yet based his critique on the trailers. Croneberg, on the other hand, turned down the offer of directing the premiere episode of season two because he thought the script was really bad. Another loud critic of "True Detective" was Andy Samberg,, who made various jokes on the show during his hosting stint at the 67th Emmy Awards.
Meanwhile, Cary Fukunaga, the show's director in season one, told the New York Daily News that he has no ill feelings towards Pizzolatto or the show.
"I'm an (executive producer) forever on the show, so I want the show to do well. There's absolutely no schadenfreude (relish in someone else's misfortune) about a poor performance on another season," he said.
Fukunaga won an Emmy Award for directing 12 episodes in the first season of "True Detective", which starred Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. Fukunaga admits he has yet to watch the second season of the show. He added that he is open to the possibility of coming back as the show's director as he certainly had fun making it.
Avid fans of "True Detective" should wait a while longer for an official announcement about whether its renewed or cancelled.
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