According to The Fayetteville Flyer, an Arkansas- based newspaper, production has wrapped on the third season of HBO’s True Detective, the series created by University of Arkansas MFA alum Nic Pizzolatto. This season, the series will focus on “a macabre crime in the heart of the Ozarks, and a mystery that deepens over decades and plays out in three separate time periods,” as previously stated by HBO. Production on season 3 began in February in the surrounding locations of Fayetteville.
This season will feature such acting talents as Academy Award-winner Mahershala Ali (Moonlight, Luke Cage), Carmen Ejogo (Selma, The Girlfriend Experience), Stephen Dorff (Blade, Immortals) and Ray Fisher (Justice League). Ali told the PBS affiliate AETN of the positive vibe he received when he first arrived in Fayetteville:
“I remember getting out of my car after being dropped off from the airport. I went for a quick walk to go get some food, and this woman was walking her dog a few houses down from mine a good distance from me, and she yelled out ‘Welcome to Arkansas, we’re glad you’re here.’”
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Along with the main cast, many citizens of Arkansas have contributed to the production of this season. Background actors alone totaled 2,844 individuals from Arkansas. Pizzolatto purposely chose Fayetteville as the setting for this season. “Having lived for four years in Fayetteville, I always found this area extremely evocative and powerful,” he said. “I feel landscape is a character, definitely in what I do,” Ali added:
“It would have been a disservice to the story to not shoot it in the Ozarks, in Fayetteville or in Arkansas because it is such a character in the story. It would have been such a shame if we had shot it any other place.”
The third season of HBO’s True Detective is currently set for a 2019 premiere.
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Source: The Fayetteville Flyer.
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