Nicolas Cage and Antonio Banderas will officially headline “True Detective” season 5

Wesley StenzelFri, October 16, 2026 at 8:43 PM UTC

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Nicolas Cage in Los Angeles on July 8, 2024; Antonio Banderas in Toronto on Sept. 17, 2026Credit: Amy Sussman/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty; Steve Russell/Toronto Star via GettyProduction will begin in 2027 with Issa López back as showrunner.Key points -

Nicolas Cage and Antonio Banderas will star in True Detective season 5.

Cage previously let the cat out of the bag about his potential involvement at New York Comic Con.

Production will begin in 2027.

True Detective has officially found its next true detectives.

HBO announced that Nicolas Cage and Antonio Banderas will headline season 5 of the acclaimed crime anthology series. The show will begin production in 2027.

Cage will play a character named Henry Logan, while Banderas’ character is named Rai García. Both actors will also executive produce the season.

Cage previously announced his intention to join the series last week at New York Comic Con. “Feed the family; don’t do too many movies back to back to back. So I think I’m probably gonna do another season of television. I think I might do a season of True Detective,” he said. “That’s okay that I’m the first to announce that, right?”

However, Cage’s deal to join the show was not officially finalized until this week.

Nicolas Cage in Los Angeles on April 30, 2025Credit: Eric Charbonneau/Roadside Attractions via Getty

Issa López will continue in her duties as showrunner, writer, director, and executive producer after serving in those capacities during season 4. Daniel Zelman, who previously worked on Damages and Bloodlines, will also write and executive produce, while Mari Jo Winkler, Kathleen McCaffrey, Steve Golin, creator Nic Pizzolatto, Cary Joji Fukunaga, and original stars Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey will also executive produce.

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Entertainment Weekly has reached out to representatives for Cage and Banderas for more information.

True Detective kicked off with its acclaimed first season in 2012, with McConaughey and Harrelson as the central investigators. 2015’s Season 2 saw Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, and Taylor Kitsch play law enforcement officers entangled with a career criminal played by Vince Vaughn, while 2019’s season 3 starred Mahershala Ali as the primary detective with Stephen Dorff, Carmen Ejogo, Scoot McNairy, and Ray Fisher in supporting roles.

The show eventually returned five years later in 2024 with López taking over showrunning reins from Pizzolatto. Season 4 starred Jodie Foster and Kali Reis as the main detectives.

Antonio Banderas in Turin, Italy, on Nov. 22, 2025Credit: Daniele Venturelli/Getty

Cage recently made the leap to TV on the Marvel series Spider-Noir. He can next be seen in David O. Russell’s sports biopic Madden opposite Christian Bale, and also has follow-ups to Longlegs, Lord of War, and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse in the works.

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Banderas recently appeared in Matt Johnson’s Antonio Banderas biopic Tony opposite Dominic Sessa. He also starred in the rom-com Up Against It, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, alongside Eva Birthistle, Forest Whitaker, and Richard E. Grant. Earlier this week, Banderas signed on to portray Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés in Paul Mignot’s Cortés.

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