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Matthew McConaughey Sets ‘True Detective’ Reunion With Nic Pizzolatto on ‘Mike Hammer’ Movie, Based on Book Series


Matthew McConaughey will reunite with "True Detective" creator Nic Pizzolatto for a "Mike Hammer" film at Skydance.

Skydance acquired the rights to Mickey Spillane’s and Max Allan Collins’ “Mike Hammer” franchise with plans to develop and produce the bestselling book series into a feature film. Pizzolatto is an award-winning novelist, screenwriter, producer and director most known for creating and showrunning the first three seasons of HBO’s “True Detective.” His books are translated in over thirty languages, and he is a multiple Emmy and Golden Globe nominee, with two Writer’s Guild Awards. Recent work includes his first film as writer-director, “Easy’s Waltz”, multiple projects for Skydance and a television show in development with Netflix.

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