Whilst a deal has yet to be agreed, Mahershala Ali is currently in negotiations to headline a third season of HBO’s True Detective.

As well as winning an Oscar for his stunning performance in Moonlight, Ali will also be familiar to genre fans for his mesmerising presence in the Netflix-exclusive Marvel’s Luke Cage. The Wrap reports that he’s in extremely early talks with HBO, and there’s no deal in place just yet. In fact, a third season hasn’t even been given the official go-ahead by the network just yet, although tentative plans for a new season have been in place for a while now.

The last we’d heard on True Detective was back in January when creator Nic Pizzolatto was joined by David Milch to start developing a Season 3.

As ever, expect more on this as it develops.