Jessica Chastain has been offered the lead role in True Detective‘s second season. Fuck yes. I’ve been a fan of Chastain since Tree of Life and Zero Dark Thirty, so this casting has me rather excited. Accept the role, Jessica! For all of us!

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This is the True Detective Season 2 that we deserve — nay, need.

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One of the great wonders of True Detective’s excellent first season is that its entirety is directed by one talented fucker. As in singular. One of the great wonders this produces is a gorgeous visual coherence that can sometimes be lost as a show shuffles talent around. Apparently one of the great bummers of True Detective Season 2 is that Cary Joji Fukunaga won’t be back to rock out in the director’s chair for a second installment.

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