Nicolas Cage says he’s in True Detective season 5: ‘That’s okay that I’m the first to announce that, right?’

The actor made the announcement at New York Comic Con.

It looks like plans for True Detective season 5 are shaping up behind the scenes.

Nicolas Cage announced at his New York Comic Con “Spotlight” panel on Saturday morning that he’s in the next season to follow True Detective: Night Country.

Entertainment Weekly reached out to HBO for comment.

“My agent’s out there somewhere listening,” Cage told the crowd.

“You can only do so many movies back to back to back, and necessity is the mother of invention,” Cage told the crowd. “You can connect those dots, too. What do I mean by necessity? Feed the family; don’t do too many movies back to back to back. So I think I’m probably gonna do another season of television. I think I might do a season of True Detective.”

He immediately added to the applauding fans, “That’s okay that I’m the first to announce that, right?”

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Rumors of Cage’s casting have been circulating since last August, with his season being set in the Jamaica Bay area of New York City, according to Variety, although the Spider-Noir star revealed earlier this year that he had “no idea” what the status of the new season was.

“I think they’re working on the material, but I haven’t heard about it in quite some time,” he told Variety in May. “I’m not signed on to anything; we’re just talking. I like Issa López a lot, and would be thrilled to work with her, but nothing is concrete. And I’ve never seen the first season of True Detective, but I’ve heard great things.”

Indeed, there was much to love about season 1 of True Detective, including Louisiana detective Rust Cohle, played by Matthew McConaughey. Responding to speculation about Cage’s season 5 casting last September, McConaughey said he would “like to see him in that world” and would be open to a return to the show if the opportunity arose.

“We nailed that first season,” he told Variety. “But if it’s a script like that first one, with that fire and originality, I’d do it. And you talk about monologues. Well, Rust Cohle had a monologue. He talked about everything that was inside him, and he didn’t care if you were listening or not. There’s freedom in that.”

Reporting by Emlyn Travis.

Via: Entertainment Weekly