Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson Revive ‘True Detective’ Roles to Call for Filming in Texas: ‘Hollywood Is a Flat Circle’

Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson are teaming up once more, this time for a “True Detective”-style scene penned and directed by the show’s mastermind, Nic Pizzolatto, in a fresh new advertisement.

In a video titled True to Texas, actors McConaughey and Harrelson, portraying their characters from True Detective, Detectives Rust Cohle and Marty Hart, urge the Texas legislature to establish fresh incentives for film and television productions within the state. The advertisement additionally features Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, and Renee Zellweger making appearances.

McConaughey and Harrelson, who played detectives in True Detective, are asking the Texas government to create new deals for filming movies and TV shows in Texas. They aren’t alone – Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, and Renee Zellweger also appeared in the video.

Woody,” McConaughey says in the commercial, “Hollywood is more like a round table than you might think. This business is like someone’s recollection of the industry. I’m talking about a fresh center for film and television production. A renaissance, a revival.

Harrelson proposes using a tiny portion of Texas’s budget excess to transform the state into a potential new hub for Hollywood,” (or)
“Harrelson suggests allocating a minimal part of Texas’s budget surplus to make the state a possible contender as a new location for Hollywood.

If other states plan to provide incentives, then we’ll continue to focus our efforts there,” expressed Zellweger. “I only wish we could attract more film productions back to Texas.

Harrelson questions if that money is essentially aid for large Hollywood studios, while McConaughey responds by saying, “Not at all. The dollars spent from this incentive actually return about four times more to the state of Texas when it’s invested by real Texas business owners and citizens.

Recently, it was revealed that the Texas Senate has proposed a budget containing approximately $498 million earmarked for overhauling the Texas Film Incentive program. This move aims to establish Texas as the global hub of movie production, dubbed the “movie capital of the world.” The budget encompasses $48 million allocated for funding small films and TV advertisements, and up to an additional $450 million in new tax credits, with specific residency conditions for workers.

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2025-01-29 22:49