Anyone But Jessica Chastain to Star in Season 2 of 'True Detective'

Scratch Jessica Chastain from the very long list of top-tier actresses who may take a lead role in the second season of HBO’s True Detective.

That’s the upshot of a hot rumor, first started Tuesday by Nerdist, that the Oscar-nominated star of Zero Dark Thirty was offered the gig.

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People with knowledge of the situation tell Mashable that it’s not happening, and Chastain’s publicist, who did not immediately return our messages Wednesday, wrote in an email to The Wrap that “she’s not doing this project officially."

So here’s what we now know so far about the second installment of the anthology series: Read more...