Antonio Banderas Joins Nicolas Cage In ‘True Detective’ Season 5 - Deadline

Updated: Oct 16, 2026 8:49pm UTCTrue Detective Season 5 will officially star Antonio Banderas and Nicolas Cage as its two leads. The next season of the HBO crime series confirmed the duo today with a video post on social media. Production is expected to begin in 2027, with a more specific release date for the follow-up episodes unclear for now. True Detective Season 4: Night Country showrunner Issa López is back to serve as showrunner on Season 5. While most plot details remain under wraps this early in development, the next batch of episodes are expected to take place in Jamaica Bay, New York, with Banderas tapped as Rai García and Cage set as Henry Logan, as told by The Hollywood Reporter.(Left) Antonio Banderas and (Right) Nicolas Cage. Image credit: (Banderas) Jeremy Chan/Getty Images, (Cage) Gilbert Flores/IndieWire via Getty Images. Banderas and Cage are two names that have circulated in the TV rumor mill for some time. Word of Cage's potential involvement surfaced all the way back in August of last year, but updates on that front then went quiet for months.

Antonio Banderas has joined Nicolas Cage in “True Detective” Season 5. The duo will headline the next installment of the HBO anthology series, which is set to begin production in 2027.