Matthew McConaughey And True Detective Creator Nic Pizzolato Are Teaming Up For A New Show On FX

Variety- Matthew McConaughey and Nic Pizzolatto are coming together for a potential new TV series at FX. The “True Detective” collaborators have landed a script-to-series order for a drama series titled “Redeemer,” which Pizzolatto will write and in which McConaughey will star. Both will also executive produce the project. In addition, Pizzolatto has signed an overall deal with Fox 21 Television Studios and FX Productions while McConaughey has signed a first-look deal with FX Productions. Pizzolatto was previously under an overall deal at HBO.

“Redeemer” is inspired by Patrick Coleman’s debut novel “The Churchgoer.” It follows a former minister turned dissolute security guard (McConaughey), whose search for a missing woman in Texas leads him through a corruption and criminal conspiracy, as his past and present impact and entwine around a mystery of escalating violence and deceit.

Alright alright alriiiiiiight. Shit, wrong McConaughey character. Anyway, we are excited about this, right? I know True Detective fell off a cliff in Season 2 without McConaughey and the rest of the Season 1 cast that made True Detective a phenomenon in before rebounding a bit with Mahershala Ali in Season 3. But putting a motivated Nic Pizzolato back with his cool ass muse on a channel that seems to embrace creativity and grittiness more than other networks that has put out gems like Fargo and Atlanta seems like it should or at least could work. It could also flop like a billion other shows. But at least there is some history that says it could be a fucking monster. And as someone that realized how much he loved a drama that comes out weekly instead of the full season monster drop once The Mandalorian came out, I'm excited there is a least a chance "Redeemer" is a beast. Because why? That’s right folks