Now You See Me Star Shuts Down Matthew McConaughey’s Dream With a Firm Not a Chance

Woody Harrelson just killed the dream of a True Detective reunion. The actor says he will never reprise Marty Hart, even as creator Nic Pizzolatto eyes another season for Hart and Rust Cohle.

Woody Harrelson just made one corner of TV fandom very sad, then pivoted to tequila and magic tricks. There is a lot happening in Harrelson/McConaughey world right now, and some of it is genuinely funny, some of it is messy, and some of it is a hard no.

Woody says no (like, absolutely no) to more True Detective with Rust and Marty

Despite creator Nic Pizzolatto recently teasing plans for another True Detective season built around Rust Cohle and Marty Hart, Woody Harrelson shut that down on NBC's 3rd Hour of Today on October 31, 2025. He is 63 now, and he did not mince words.

"In fairness, never. No chance."

"Because it turned out great. I love that it turned out the way it did. If anything, doing another season would, I think, tarnish that."

That lands a little awkwardly next to what Pizzolatto said back in May 2025 on the Nothing Left Unsaid podcast, where he claimed both Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey were open to returning to their 2014 HBO roles. So, timeline-wise: Pizzolatto publicly floated it in May, but by October, Harrelson is firmly out. Honestly, his logic tracks. Season 1 ended perfectly. Trying to bottle that again is usually how you end up with a hangover.

McConaughey turns the infamous bongo night into a tequila ad

On October 22, 2025, Matthew McConaughey and his wife, Camila Alves, marked the 26th anniversary of his 1999 arrest with a very self-aware spot for their Pantalones Organic Tequila. The video opens with Law & Order's narration legend Steve Zirnkilton reading the police report and bluntly concluding McConaughey was "totally guilty." The whole thing is cheeky and, frankly, kind of hilarious.

Quick refresher on the original incident: around 2:30 a.m. on October 25, 1999, Austin police responded to a noise complaint at McConaughey's home and found him, at 29, naked and playing the bongos. He was booked for disturbing the peace, possession of marijuana, and resisting arrest, and ultimately paid a $50 fine for the disturbance. In his 2020 memoir 'Greenlights', he wrote he was just enjoying music by Henri Dikongue. For the anniversary ad, the couple rolled out a new cocktail called Pantsless and Famous, and Alves summed it up nicely: only Matthew could turn a night like that into something you toast with tequila. If you have seen their brand's ads, the no-pants bit fits their whole thing.

Apple TV+'s Brothers hits a speed bump near the finish line

McConaughey and Harrelson's Apple TV+ comedy Brothers paused production on June 20, 2025, with eight of ten episodes already shot. Showrunner David West Read exited over creative differences about how the season should end. The plan, per Deadline, is for Lee Eisenberg (The Office) to step in, shepherd the final two episodes, and handle whatever reshoots are needed to make the season hang together.

The 10-episode series is a fictionalized riff on the two actors and their families living together on McConaughey's Texas ranch. Filming kicked off in November 2024. The cast includes Holland Taylor, Natalie Martinez, and Brittany Ishibashi. Both McConaughey and Harrelson are executive producers, with Skydance Television producing. Classic production wrinkle: most of the season is in the can, but the ending needed a rethink, so now we wait for the handoff and cleanup.

Now You See Me: Now You Don't lines up its next trick

While all that is happening on TV, Harrelson is back with the Four Horsemen on the big screen. Now You See Me: Now You Don't opens November 14, 2025, in the U.S., with familiar faces, some new blood, and early reactions that basically say: fun, familiar, you know the vibe.

• Release date: November 14, 2025 (U.S.)
• Director: Ruben Fleischer
• Returning: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Dave Franco, and Isla Fisher (she sat out the 2016 sequel)
• Not returning: Mark Ruffalo, Lizzy Caplan
• New cast: Justice Smith, Dominic Sessa, and Ariana Greenblatt as fresh illusionists; Rosamund Pike as the antagonist
• Premise: The Horsemen recruit a younger crew to swipe a diamond from a crime family
• Early word (October 2025): Generally entertaining; Critics' Choice's Tony Mosello called it "more of the same" but said fans will enjoy the twists
• Franchise status: A fourth film is reportedly in development, per Variety

Bottom line

Harrelson is not reopening the Rust-and-Marty case file, McConaughey is toasting his most bizarre headline with tequila, Brothers needs a new closer, and the Horsemen are ready to steal another Friday night at the movies on November 14.