Matthew McConaughey, Nic Pizzolatto Reunite for "Mike Hammer" Movie

Matthew McConaughey and True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto have found their next collaboration.

McConaughey is in talks to star in a feature film from Skydance based on the iconic private investigator character Mike Hammer, with a script by Pizzolatto.

Skydance has acquired the rights to the Mike Hammer property, with plans to develop and produce the bestselling book series into a feature film.

The character originated in a 1947 novel by author Mickey Spillane and continued after Spillane’s death in books by Max Allan Collins.

In the book series that kicked off with Spillane’s I, the Jury, Mike Hammer is a private investigator who plays by his own rules and carries a torch for assistant Velda. Baby, It’s Murder is billed as the final book in the series and was released this year.

Producers include Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger, alongside Guymon Casady, Benjamin Forkner and Ken F. Levin. Collins is an executive producer, while Jane Spillane co-produces. Carin Sage oversees the film for Skydance.

McConaughey recently returned to the screen after a six-year hiatus with “The Rivals of Amziah King,”. He will next star alongside America Ferrera in the Apple TV+ disaster thriller “The Lost Bus" and the comedy series "Brothers" alongside Woody Harrelson.

“I needed to write my own story, direct my own story on the page,” McConaughey told Variety earlier this year of his time away from the camera.