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'True Detective': 'Moonlight' star Mahershala Ali to play the lead in season 3

'True Detective' creator Nic Pizzolatto, who had scripted the first season, will be writing the whole of season 3

HBO has just released the very first teaser trailer for the third season of its limited series 'True Detective'. The show's first season starred Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson while Colin Farrell took the lead in the second season. The teaser has now revealed that 'Moonlight' star Mahershala Ali is set to take up the lead role in the third season. 

The teaser focuses on Wayne Hays (who is being played by Ali) trying to put together the fragments of his past and, a lot like the first season, these very memories will explore the story from the perspective of multiple timelines. Ali's character Hays is a detective from Northwest Arkansas who is involved in investigating a case of kidnapping. While the show this time is set in Ozarks, Ali's character can be seen haunted by his past. He says in a voiceover, "Before you ever knew me, I wasn’t scared much. That wasn’t a fear for me. Things I’ve seen, things I know, wouldn’t do anything but cause harm. My whole brain’s a bunch of missing pieces."