Season 3 of True Detective has cast its second leading actor

More plot details have also been announced.

True Detective has a fight on its hands to recapture the brilliance of its debut season but with the news that the Oscar-winning Mahershala Ali is joining the show, fans have started to get excited about what's in store. It also helps that the extremely talented director Jeremy Saulnier (Green Room) and the show's creator, Nic Pizzolatto, are attached to direct the upcoming season. Truth be told, Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams and Vince Vaughn just couldn't capture the charisma and intrigue that Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson brought to the first season, and the producers are hoping that this won't be the case with Mahershala Ali and the latest star that has just been cast, Stephen Dorff. Dorff will play Roland West, an Arkansas State Investigator who, along with his partner, has his life and career influenced over three decades by a baffling crime. Ali will play the lead role of Wayne Hays, a state police detective from northwest Arkansas. Season 3 will tell the story of a macabre crime in the heart of the Ozarks and a mystery that deepens over decades and plays out in three separate time periods. Mmm, that plotline sounds like the creators have learned from the mistakes of the second season and are going back to what made the mystery of 'The Yellow King' so appealing. Of course, Dorff is still most famously known for his role as Deacon (Frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrroooooooooost!) in Blade, however, he has also starred in Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere, John G. Avildsen’s The Power of One and Tarsem Singh’s Immortals. Here's hoping that the new episodes of True Detective can replicate the magic of its debut season.