Nicolas Cage is deep in talks to star in True Detective season 5 - the next iteration of the moody crime drama. The Oscar winner is up for an as-yet-unknown role in the anthology drama, but will presumably play the law enforcement officer at the center of another mystery thriller.

HBO’s True Detective franchise has always prided itself on bringing in big-name talent to flesh out its various highly flawed crime solvers, with a frankly ludicrous number of current and future Oscar nominees and winners cycling through its anthology show seasons.

The celebrated Hollywood actor might just be joining a series that's starred everyone from Jodie Foster to Matthew McConaughey.