Oscar winner Nicolas Cage is in talks to headline the upcoming fifth season of HBO ‘s Emmy-winning crime anthology series True Detective , which marks the return of Season 4’s Issa Lopez as writer/showrunner, sources tell Deadline.

As Deadline revealed earlier this year, the new installment will be set in New York, in Jamaica Bay, per HBO’s Head of Drama Series and Film Francesca Orsi.

Cage is in talks for the lead role of Henry Logan, a New York detective on the case at the center of the new season, sources said. A rep for HBO declined comment.

The actor has been circling the part for awhile, it is yet unclear whether the deal will close. Another Oscar winner, Jodie Foster, also took a long time to make her deal for Season 4, Night Country .

“Issa has a lot to say,

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