STARRING MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY AND WOODY HARRELSON
DEBUTS
IN ASIA JANUARY 19 ON HBO
\PHILIPPINES, JANUARY 10, 2014 – Shot on location in Louisiana, the brand new HBO Original drama series TRUE DETECTIVE begins its eight-episode season in Asia within a week of its US premiere, on Sunday, January 19 at 9pm, exclusively on HBO / HBO HD. A new hour-long episode premieres every Sunday at the same time.
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| Photo courtesy of HBO Asia |
Golden Globe nominee Matthew
McConaughey and Academy Award nominee Woody Harrelson play Rust Cohle and
Martin Hart respectively in the show. Starring alongside them is Michelle
Monaghan as Hart’s wife, Maggie, who struggles to keep her family together as
the men in her life spiral into cycles of obsession and violence.
1995: Detectives Martin Hart and
Rust Cohle, partners in Louisiana’s Criminal Investigation Division, are
assigned to a macabre murder by a killer with disturbing occult leanings. As
they attempt to uncover the secrets of this bizarre crime, their own lives
collide and intertwine in unexpected, sometimes catastrophic ways.
2012: When a similar case leads
to an investigation of the original ’95 murder by two new detectives, Martin
and Rust separately tell the story of both the investigation and their lives,
including why Cohle left CID in 2002.
Alternating between 1995, 2002
and 2012, all eight episodes were written by series creator and novelist Nic
Pizzolatto and directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga (“Jane Eyre”), who executive produce along with Scott Stephens,
Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson and Steve Golin.
At first glance, Martin Hart and
Rust Cohle couldn’t be more different. Hart, a native Louisianan, is an
outgoing family man with two kids, whose marriage is buckling under the stress
of the job. Cohle, a former undercover narcotics detective from Texas, embraces
isolation, articulating a pessimistic, even bleak, world view. But they share
an obsession with justice and a facility for violence that will inflict
irreparable damage on both men.
Also featured in TRUE DETECTIVE are Kevin Dunn (HBO’s “Luck”) as Major Quesada, Hart and
Cohle’s boss; Tory Kittles (“Sons of
Anarchy”) and Michael Potts (HBO’s “The
Wire”) as detectives Papania and Gilbough, in charge of the 2012
investigation; Elizabeth Reaser (“The
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn”) as Laurie; Shea Whigham (HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire”) as revivalist Joel
Theriot; Clarke Peters (HBO’s “Treme”)
as a rural minister; Jay O. Sanders (“Person
of Interest”) as Billy Lee Tuttle; and Lili Simmons (CINEMAX’s “Banshee”) as Beth, a prostitute.
Matthew McConaughey’s feature
films include “Dallas Buyers Club,”
for which he just received a Golden Globe nomination, “The Wolf of Wall Street,” “Mud,” “Magic Mike,” “The Lincoln Lawyer,”
“Bernie,” “The Paperboy,” “Contact,” “Killer Joe,” “Thirteen Conversations
About One Thing,” “We Are Marshall,” “Surfer, Dude,” “Reign of Fire,” “The
Wedding Planner,” “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,” “EDtv” and “Dazed and Confused.” He was previously
seen on HBO in a recurring role on “Eastbound
& Down.”
Woody Harrelson received Oscar®
nominations for “The People vs. Larry
Flynt” (Leading Role) and “The
Messenger” (Supporting Role); Golden Globe nominations for “The People vs. Larry Flynt,” “The
Messenger” and HBO’s “Game Change”;
and five Emmy® nominations for “Cheers,”
winning once, as well as Emmy® nominations for “Frasier” and HBO’s “Game
Change.” His other feature films include “Out of the Furnace,” “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”, “Now You See
Me,” “The Hunger Games,” “Zombieland,” “Surfer, Dude,” “Transsiberian,” “No
Country for Old Men,” “A Prairie Home Companion,” “Natural Born Killers” and
“Kingpin.”
