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Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson team for new TV series

Duo to play 'True Detectives' in serial-killer drama

Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson team for new TV series
Credit: AP Photo/Evan Agostini (Harrelson), AP Photo (McConaughey)

Fellow surfing aficionados Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey are hitting the small screen to team up for a new detective series.

The two actors - who previously starred in the films "EDtv" and, erm, "Surfer, Dude" together - have signed on to star in "True Detective", an eight-part drama series that will focus on a 17-year hunt for a serial killer in Louisiana. McConaughey and Harrelson will star as Rust Cohle and Martin Hart, respectively, two detectives whose lives become intertwined as they pursue the case.

The project, which will be shopped to cable networks by management/production company Anonymous Content, was written by novelist Nic Pizzolatto (who recently wrote two episodes of AMC's "The Killing") and is to be helmed by "Jane Eyre" director Cary Fukunaga for the duration of the series' eight-episode run. The plan, according to news-breaker Deadline, is for the central mystery to be resolved at the end of the first season, with subsequent seasons focusing on different characters and stories (in a similar strategy to Ryan Murphy's "American Horror Story").

This will be the first regular TV gig for McConaughey. Harrelson, of course, rose to stardom as Woody Boyd on eight seasons of the hit NBC sitcom "Cheers".

Anyone excited to see McConaughey and Harrelson teaming up on the small-screen? Sound off in the comments!

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    Guest382

    test

    April 11, 2012 at 12:49AM EST - via iPad Reply to Comment
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    Balaji K

    Let's hope Nic Pizzolatto learned something from the debacle that's the first season of "The Killing."

    April 11, 2012 at 1:46AM EST Reply to Comment
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    CinemaPsycho

    All the pot dealers in LA just perked up their ears...

    April 11, 2012 at 1:52AM EST Reply to Comment
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    HeavyRaines17

    I dig it. Mainly because the name "True Detectives" makes me think of Lester Freamon saying "True po-lice".

    April 11, 2012 at 11:34AM EST Reply to Comment
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      Guest394 Agree. True Detectives is a solid name.

      April 11, 2012 at 2:25PM EST
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    David Q

    Pizzolatto is a great novelist. 'Galveston' was one of the best, most deeply felt crime novels of the last ten years. And I read em all. He had the sense to quit The Killing, too. So yes please: serve this up immediately.

    April 11, 2012 at 2:01PM EST Reply to Comment
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    Guest871

    It's going to be strange to see mcconaughey on the small screen.

    April 11, 2012 at 2:25PM EST - via iPad Reply to Comment
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    Guest231

    Nice!

    April 12, 2012 at 4:45PM EST - via iPad Reply to Comment
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    Guest231

    Cool..!

    April 12, 2012 at 4:45PM EST - via iPad Reply to Comment

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