McConaughey Reteams with TRUE DETECTIVE Creator For REDEEMER
Mike Sprague
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True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto and Matthew McConaughey are reuniting for Redeemer, a new FX series inspired by Patrick Coleman’s debut novel The Churchgoer.
Created by Pizzolatto, the series has landed a script-to-series commitment at FX and stars McConaughey as a minister-turned-dissolute security guard whose search for a missing woman in Texas leads him through a corruption-steeped criminal conspiracy, as his past and present impact and entwine around a mystery of escalating violence and deceit.
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Pizzolatto tells Deadline: “I’m very excited at the opportunity to work with Matthew again, and really grateful and thrilled to have the chance to create new shows for Fox 21 and FX.”
FX Entertainment president Eric Schrier said: “We are thrilled to begin our creative partnership with Nic Pizzolatto and Matthew McConaughey on Redeemer, who are back together for the first time since the first season of HBO’s True Detective. We’re also incredibly excited about our overall deal with Nic and look forward to developing new projects with him and our partners Fox 21 Television Studios, and we’re equally excited to be developing projects with Matthew through his first-look deal with FXP.”
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Fox 21 TV Studios president Bert Salke added: “From the moment we all saw True Detective, we’ve been dying to work with Nic. The fact that we get to do this together with our FXP cousins is a best-case scenario. I don’t think there are a lot of writers in town right now who are writing with Nic’s force and emotion. It’s why we’re beyond excited about Nic’s project with Matthew, which is a big priority for both companies.”
Fox 21 TV Studios and FX Productions produce the series with Pizzolatto and McConaughey serving as executive producers. Are you excited about Redeemer? Let us know in the comments below or on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram!
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