True Detective season 4 casts Jodie Foster in the lead

Jodie Foster returns to television True DetectiveSeason 4, according to Hollywood Reporter. The actress will lead the anthology series’ fourth season — called Night Country — as Detective Liz Danvers.

There is not much information available. True Detective season 4 outside of Foster’s casting and a short plot summary. The season will follow Danvers and another detective, Evangeline Navarro, as they investigate the case of six missing arctic researchers in Ennis, Alaska and “dig into the haunted truths that lie buried under the eternal ice.”

Foster will be awarded an executive producer credit for her part in the new season. Issa López will script the episode.Tigers Are Not Afraid) and Alan Page Arriaga (Fear the Walking Dead). Lopez will also direct the season’s opening episode, as well as several others throughout the series. Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson — who starred in True Detective’s first season — are also executive producers.

True Detective’s fourth season is still in the early phases of development although, as the Hollywood Reporter points out, Foster’s involvement almost assures the project will avoid cancellation. The season has not yet been released, but it is possible to expect more information over the coming year.

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