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True Detective Season 2 First Trailer and Official Synopsis

We've got the first teaser for True Detective season 2 and some more official details!

True Detective season 2 is finally on the schedule, and you can finally get a good look at it. HBO have revealed the True Detective season 2 premiere date, which is June 21st. Don't make any plans. They've also dropped the first trailer for True Detective season 2, as well as an official plot synopsis.

Here's the official plot details for True Detective season 2:

A bizarre murder brings together three law-enforcement officers and a career criminal, each of whom must navigate a web of conspiracy and betrayal in the scorched landscapes of California. Colin Farrell is Ray Velcoro, a compromised detective in the all-industrial City of Vinci, LA County. Vince Vaughn plays Frank Semyon, a criminal and entrepreneur in danger of losing his life’s work, while his wife and closest ally (Kelly Reilly), struggles with his choices and her own. Rachel McAdams is Ani Bezzerides, a Ventura County Sheriff’s detective often at odds with the system she serves, while Taylor Kitsch plays Paul Woodrugh, a war veteran and motorcycle cop for the California Highway Patrol who discovers a crime scene which triggers an investigation involving three law enforcement groups, multiple criminal collusions, and billions of dollars.

Watch the trailer here:

True Detective is written and created by Nic Pizzolatto. The first two of this season's eight episodes will be directed by Justin Lin. It debuts on June 21st

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