Mahershala Ali has said he feels confident the third series of True Detective will put the show "back on the right track."
After a hit first series with Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson in the leading roles, True Detective season two – which starred Vince Vaughn, Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams and Taylor Kitsch – didn't go down as well with fans when it aired in 2015.
Now, the anthology show returns for a third outing with Oscar winner Mahershala Ali front and centre.
Speaking about the second series' negative reviews, Ali told E! News, "If anything, I think it gave me more confidence about signing onto this show.
"Because I was looking forward to being a part of the energy that was looking to not resurrect the show, because the show wasn't dead, but just to put it back on the right track and make an attempt to take it further than maybe they did even in the first year."
The series will follow Ali's character across three time periods, with the story of a young boy's disappearance at the centre.
True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto said of the return, "It's kind of his life story as well as a mystery, so I think those ambitions are a bit different.
"But at the same time, it has some structural call backs to some of the things we've done, and the sort of Southern Gothic setting might feel familiar but different, I hope."
True Detective will air on Sky Atlantic on Monday, January 14 at 2am and 9pm.
