Last month, HBO announced thatJodie Fosterwould star as detective Liz Danvers in the green-lit fourth installment of theTrue Detectivefranchise entitledTrue Detective: Night Country.Now, the network has announced thatKali Reiswill co-lead the drama as Detective Evangeline Navarro.
Reis is a well-known professional boxer who recently got her start in acting with a starring debut role in directorJosef Kubota Wladyka’sthrillerCatch the Fair One, where she portrayed a former boxer trying to find her sister. The role earned her the nomination for the 2022 Indie Spirit Award at the Tribeca Film Festival, with the movie itself taking home the Audience Award. The IFC Films production also garnered Reis a nomination for Best Female Lead for the Film Independent Spirit Awards. Alongside her boxing and acting skills, Reis showed her storytelling prowess as she helped to formulate the indie film’s storyline.
The fourth installment of theTrue Detectiveseries is set in Alaska, but will actually be filmed in Iceland. It follows both Foster’s and Reis’ detective characters as they venture into the arctic wilderness in search of six missing operators of the Tsalal Arctic Research Station. Season 4 will show the transformative experience the two detectives go on, both physically and mentally, against the backdrop of frozen Iceland.
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Outside of boxing and acting, Reis is a passionate activist, working diligently to help the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls movement. She also works as a motivational speaker and uses her boxing skills to educate indigenous young women to use their bodies and their voices to fight back and take control of the attacks against Native women. Additionally, apart fromTrue Detective,Reis has another big upcoming role on her hands. Reis will work alongsideSean PennandTye SheridaninBlack Flies, a film to be directed byJean-Stéphane Sauvaire.
In response to the production’s casting news, HBO’s Executive Vice PresidentFrancesca Orsisaid, “We are tremendously excited to return to the ‘True Detective’ franchise and to be working with the multi-talented Issa López, whose singular vision for her ‘Night Country’ installment will be beautifully realized with Jodie Foster and Kali Reis in the starring roles.”
Issa Lópezwill control the creative direction and storyline of the show, acting as showrunner as well as writer, director, and executive producer. Foster will also executive produce the drama withAnonymous Content,Mari Jo Winkler,Matthew McConaughey,Woody Harrelson,Cary Joji Fukunaga, andNic Pizzolatto. PASTEL Films will haveBarry Jenkins,Adele Romanski, andMark Ceryakas executive production team members.Alan Page Arriaga, too, will act as writer and executive producer.
Stay tuned to Collider for more news onTrue DetectiveSeason 4, and catch Seasons 1-3 of the series on HBOMax now.
