Actor Nicolas Cage has officially revealed that he is set to star in the fifth season of the hit HBO series True Detective. He made the announcement during an interaction at the New York Comic Con.

Though he only made the announcement recently, he was long rumoured to star in the series. The fifth season marks the return of Issa Lopez, who wrote and served as showrunner on Season 4. For the unversed, True Detective won praise for breaking away from conventional whodunnit to turn focus to what a crime does to people trying to solve it.

The seasons starred Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Monaghan; Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch; Mahershala Ali, Carmen Ejogo, John Scoot McNairy, and Jodie Foster and Kali Reis.

Recently seen in the Prime Video series Spider-Noir, Nicolas Cage has a packed slate with Madden, Best Pancakes in the County, Fortitude, Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, Lords of War, and The Prince.