--- description: Justin Lin (The Fast & The Furious series) will serve as the director for the season's first two episodes title: True Detective Season 2: Vince Vaughn and Colin Farrell Confirmed image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt41c635b5bfc06f9b/6986a4eb361760024390e04b/450408723.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Vince Vaughn and Colin Farrell Will Star in Second Season of HBO's _True Detective_ by [Eric Dodds](/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 23, 2014 7:05 PM CUT  Vince Vaughn in New York City in September 2013. Vince Vaughn in New York City in September 2013.Daniel Zuchnik—WireImage by [Eric Dodds](/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 23, 2014 7:05 PM CUT What seems like years of speculation has finally come to a close, with [HBO announcing Tuesday](https://twitter.com/HBOPR/status/514481671807455232 "undefined") that Colin Farrell and Vince Vaughn will serve as the leads in the second season of the network’s hit drama True Detective. Farrell had already [confirmed his own casting](http://time.com/3414949/colin-farrell-true-detective-season-2/ "undefined") on Sunday, and Vaughn’s name had been mentioned as [one of the possible leads](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/07/is-vince-vaughn-the-right%5Fn%5F5655900.html "undefined") in recent weeks. Also [as rumored](http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/justin-lin-in-talks-to-direct-true-detective-1201298766/ "undefined"), Justin Lin (_The Fast & The Furious_, _Community_) will serve as the director for the season’s first two episodes. Here’s the [press release from HBO](http://hbob2b.vo.llnwd.net/u/mr%5Ftwitter/September2014/truedetective%5Fseason2%5Falert.pdf "undefined"): --- > “” --- It’s worth mentioning that although there’s already been substantial outcry on social media since the casting of Farrell (and now Vaughn) was announced, there are still two more leads left to be cast, so long as the press release is to be believed. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3422764/vince-vaughn-colin-farrell-true-detective/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3422764/vince-vaughn-colin-farrell-true-detective/"},"headline":"Vince Vaughn and Colin Farrell Will Star in Second Season of HBO's True Detective","datePublished":"2014-09-23T19:05:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:21:58.836Z","description":"Justin Lin (The Fast & The Furious series) will serve as the director for the season's first two episodes","url":"https://time.com/3422764/vince-vaughn-colin-farrell-true-detective/","keywords":["Television","HBO","True Detective"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt41c635b5bfc06f9b/6986a4eb361760024390e04b/450408723.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eric Dodds","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/eric-dodds/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt41c635b5bfc06f9b/6986a4eb361760024390e04b/450408723.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Apple Store Soho Presents Meet The Actor: Vince Vaughn","caption":"Apple Store Soho Presents Meet The Actor: Vince Vaughn","creditText":"Daniel Zuchnik—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3422764/vince-vaughn-colin-farrell-true-detective/","name":"Vince Vaughn and Colin Farrell Will Star in Second Season of HBO's True Detective"}}]}] ```