“True Detective”Season 4 added three new cast members VarietyIt has been learned.
Aka Niviâna, Isabella Star Lablanc (“Long Slow Exhale”), and Joel D. Montgrand (“Legends of Tomorrow,” “iZombie”) have all joined the HBO series’ fourth outing. They join Jodie Foster, Kali Reis, and cast members John Hawkes and Christopher Eccleston as well as Fiona Shaw and Finn Bennett.
Officially, the new season of the series has been titled “True Detective: Night Country.”The official description for the season reads: “When the long winter night falls in Ennis, Alaska, the six men that operate the Tsalal Arctic Research Station vanish without a trace. To solve the case, Detectives Liz Danvers (Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Reis) will have to confront the darkness they carry in themselves, and dig into the haunted truths that lie buried under the eternal ice.”
Niviâna stars as Julia, Navarro’s sister. She is described as “a woman battling demons both in her history and in her mind.” Star Lablanc will play Leah, Danvers’ stepdaughter. She is believed to be “a young woman fighting for her voice and her identity.” Montgrand will appear Eddie Qavvik, Navarro’s love interest. He is a “local musher with connections that run deep in Ennis.”
Liberman Zerman Management is representing Star Lablanc. Montgrand is repped at The Characters Talent Agency.
Issa López serves as writer, director, executive producer, and showrunner on “Night Country.”Foster is also a producer and star. Pastel executive producers include Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski and Mark Ceryak. Pastel currently has a first-look agreement with HBO and HBO Max.
Mari Jo Winkler is the executive producer. Series creator Nic Pizzolatto, Chris Mundy, and Season 1’s Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, and Cary Joji Fukunaga also executive produce along with Richard Golin and Steve Brown. Alan Page Arriaga serves as executive producer and writer for the new season. Producers are Princess Daazhraii and Cathy Tagnak Rexford. Sam Breckman is also involved. Per HBO, Daazhraii Johnson and Tagnak Rexford lead an Iñupiaq advisory council to consult on Alaska Native culture featured in the show.