True Detective is making some serious waves. Already a hit amongst the TV community, many have said it is one of the best new shows of 2014. Cary Joji Fukunaga has directed all eight of episodes of HBO’s police drama, with six having already aired, and two more coming.

But as much as of a thrill ride True Detective has been – check out this one-shot take to see what I am talking about – the show will be without Fukunaga next season. While Fukunaga will stay on True Detective as an executive producer, the director will move on to network TV for a new drama. Hit the jump to learn more.

HBO’s crime drama True Detective has truly become the show to watch. Aside from the fine acting and great directing – like for this standout 6-minute single-take tracking shot, we’re learning more now about the mythology behind the main storyline. The show centers on two homicide detectives, played by Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, who are telling their story of how they tracked a ritualistic serial killer seventeen years prior.

In the second episode, the detectives find the journal belonging to murder victim Dora Lange, who wrote about the powerful “The Yellow King.” As it turns out, The Yellow King is inspired by the 1895 anthology of weird tales of horror and madness by Robert W. Chambers called The King in Yellow. In some behind-the-scenes videos for last night’s episode, “The Secret Fate of All Life,” show creator and writer Nic Pizzolatto talks about how this literary reference is part of the mythology for True Detective. You can watch the videos here below.

Tracking shots are truly one of entertainment’s finest moments. A rarity in the business, tracking shots are uncut, and are probably one of the most enjoyable parts of any film or show. For those that don’t know, a tracking shot is one continuous take of a certain scene that isn’t edited for a period of time. It may be difficult to accomplish, but the end result is a truly enjoyable storytelling experience. Alfonso Cuaron and Joe Wright are just a few of the filmmakers who have tracking shots in their works.

For those who have HBO, you may have seen the tracking shot in the most recent episode of True Detective, starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. Hit the jump to see the six-minute scene in its entirety and what director Cary Joji Fukunaga had to say about filming the scene.

Back in September we saw the excellent first trailer for the upcoming HBO series True Detective, which stars Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.

The series is of the anthology variety, which means any other seasons that may come will involve different characters and storylines. The first eight-episode season was written entirely by Nic Pizzolatto, and every episode is directed by Cary Fukunaga, who has previously directed Sin Nombre and 2011’s Jane Eyre, and has also been attached to the two-part adaptation of Stephen King’s It.

A new trailer has been released for the show titled “Tested,” in front of the January 12th premiere date. You can watch that plus another trailer released last week that’s titled “Changes” below.

The first trailer for HBO’s upcoming new drama series True Detective has been released.

The show stars big names in Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson as a pair of detectives in 2012 who need to revisit a homicide case from 1995, which only opens old wounds and pulls them back in.

You can read a full synopsis for True Detective and check out the first trailer here below.

The eBook deal of the day today for the Amazon Kindle is the historical thriller True Detective: A Nathan Heller Novel by Max Allan Collins (Road to Perdition) for only $.99 (that’s down from the suggest retail price of $7.99).

Note, this deal is valid only for today, Wednesday, September 21, 2011, until 11:59PM PST.

If you’d like to own a physical copy of True Detective, the book is also available in paperback for $9.65.

Text-to-Speech is enabled on this title, which is part of the Nathan Heller series. And if you dig the series, October 4 sees the release of Chicago Lightning: The Collected Nathan Heller Short Stories in Paperback and for the Kindle.