The first season of True Detective is held in high regard as one of the greatest seasons of television ever made. Not only did it win five Emmys at the 2014 Television Academy Awards — Outstanding Directing, Outstanding Casting, Outstanding Makeup, Outstanding Title Design, and Outstanding Cinematography — it also features two of the all-time great TV performances from Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. They shared such immaculate chemistry that the world has spent the last 10 years asking when they were going to reunite on screen again. While Harrelson has completely ruled out any True Detective return in the future, McConaughey has shared a much softer stance, admitting that he would return to play Rust Cohle if the scripts were worthy.
However, while fans continue to await news about the next season of True Detective, which isn’t expected to feature Harrelson or McConaughey in any capacity, one upcoming project that will finally bring the duo back together just got its first official update. McConaughey and Harrelson have been tapped to star in a new Apple TV series, Brothers, which will officially release its first two episodes on September 23. One new episode will release weekly until the season finale on November 4. The first official image of the duo in the series has also been released. The project faced a creative shake-up last year, when the showrunner left the project and forced production to go on hiatus. Apple TV has also released an official synopsis for the project, which reads as follows:
“A heartfelt odd couple love story revolving around the strange and beautiful bond between Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. Matthew and Woody’s friendship is tested when their combined families attempt to live together on Matthew’s ranch in Texas.”
Collider Exclusive · Universe Personality Quiz Which Iconic Universe Do You Belong in the Most? Star Wars · Lord of the Rings · Harry Potter · Game of Thrones · Star Trek
Five legendary universes. Five completely different visions of what the world could be — or already was. One of them is the world your instincts, your values, and your particular way of existing were built for. Eight questions will tell you which one.
🚀Star Wars
💍Lord of the Rings
🧙Harry Potter
👑Game of Thrones
🖖Star Trek
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What gives your life its deepest sense of meaning? Every universe is built around a different answer to this question.
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Which kind of world do you most want to inhabit? The environment shapes who you become. Choose carefully.
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How do you prefer your conflicts resolved? The shape of a world’s conflicts tells you everything about its soul.
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Who do you want beside you when things get difficult? Your ideal companions reveal the world you were made for.
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What is your relationship with power? How you seek, wield, or resist power is the map of who you are.
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How does your universe treat good and evil? A world’s moral architecture tells you more about it than any map.
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What role would you naturally fall into? Every universe has archetypes. Which one fits you without trying?
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What do you ultimately believe about the future? The answer to this is the clearest window into which universe already lives inside you.
Your Universe Has Been Chosen You Belong In…
Your answers point to the iconic universe your values, your instincts, and your particular way of seeing the world were built for. This is where you would find your people — and your purpose.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
You believe in the cause — in the idea that freedom is worth fighting for even when the odds are impossible and the empire is vast.
You are drawn to the moral clarity of a universe where hope itself is a form of resistance.
You’d find your people in the Rebellion — a ragtag coalition of true believers held together by conviction more than resources.
Star Wars is fundamentally a story about ordinary people choosing to matter in an extraordinary conflict — and that is exactly your kind of story.
The Force may or may not be with you. But the will to use it for something larger than yourself certainly is.
Middle-earth
Lord of the Rings
You understand, in the deepest part of yourself, that the journey matters as much as the destination — and that the world’s beauty is worth protecting even at great cost.
Middle-earth is a world of ancient wonder, deep friendship, and a darkness that only retreats when enough small acts of courage accumulate.
You would thrive here because you value the fellowship more than the glory — the road more than the arrival.
Tolkien’s universe rewards patience, loyalty, and the willingness to carry something heavy across a very long distance.
Those are not burdens to you. They are simply how you move through the world.
The Wizarding World
Harry Potter
You believe that love, loyalty, and doing what’s right are not naive sentiments — they are the most powerful forces in any world, magical or otherwise.
The Wizarding World is a place of wonder hidden in plain sight, where learning is transformative and the bonds you form at school follow you into every battle.
You would flourish here because you take both the magic and the friendships seriously — and you understand that one without the other is incomplete.
Harry Potter’s universe ultimately rewards those who choose to stand for something even when standing is terrifying.
That choice — made quietly, without guarantee — is something you understand completely.
Westeros · The Known World
Game of Thrones
You see the world clearly — its power structures, its hypocrisies, its brutal arithmetic — and you are not paralysed by that clarity. You use it.
Westeros is a world that rewards intelligence, adaptability, and the willingness to understand that every alliance is also a negotiation.
You would survive here — possibly thrive here — because you don’t confuse the world as it is with the world as you’d like it to be.
Game of Thrones is a story about what happens when the idealists and the realists collide. You are sharp enough to know which one lasts longer.
Winter always comes. You are already prepared.
The United Federation of Planets
Star Trek
You believe the future is worth building — that curiosity, cooperation, and the expansion of understanding are not just ideals but the most practical path forward for any civilisation.
Star Trek is a universe where the questions matter as much as the answers, and where encountering something utterly alien is cause for wonder rather than fear.
You would belong here because you are fundamentally optimistic about what intelligence and decency can achieve — while being honest about how hard that achievement is.
The Federation is the universe’s most ambitious thought experiment: what if we actually got better?
You don’t just hope that’s possible. You think it’s the only thing worth working toward.
Who Will Star in the Next Season of ‘True Detective’?
Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey in BrothersImage via Apple TV
Very little is known about the next season of True Detective at this time, but last year, it was reported that Nicolas Cage will be one of the leading stars. There has been no word since about who will star opposite him in the fifth season of HBO’s critically acclaimed drama, but it was also reported at the same time that it will be set in New York. HBO executives have remained silent when asked for any updates on the show, but knowing how popular it is, it would be surprising if it’s not being worked on regularly to ensure it returns sooner rather than later.
Check out Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson in the first season of True Detective and stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of their Apple TV reunion in Brothers.
