‘American Horror Story’ gets a 10th season; Jessica Lange sets franchise return
Jessica Lange will be part of the cast of “American Horror Story: Apocalypse,” and FX has ordered a 10th season of the popular anthology.
The latest incarnation of the show, premiering Sept. 12, “begins with the end of the world, and then our world begins,” executive producer Alexis Martin Woodall said Friday during the Television Critics Assn. summer press tour. “It starts in the real world. It’s very tangible.”
But outside of those scant details, Woodall and the assembled cast members, including Sarah Paulson, Emma Roberts, Billie Lourd and Kathy Bates, kept a tight lid on the developments for the new season.
That’s been a hallmark of the show during its run, during which FX marketing gurus have strategically released images and tidbits (such as new titles) in very small doses.
“We apologize, as always, that we’re being so cagey,” Woodall said. “But there’s a specific mystery to this show that’s better to let unfold.”
For the superfan: “It’s very meme-able,” Roberts said. Otherwise, reporters at the gathering were left to parse Bates’ new haircut (short on the sides, long on top) for clues. It didn’t help much because, “It’s not essential to the plot,” Bates said.
“American Horror Story: Apocalypse,” as previously revealed at Comic-Con, is a crossover between “Murder House,” the first in the growing franchise, and the witchy “Coven.” The series had already been renewed for season nine, expected next year, and the Friday announcement takes the show into 2020.
That means FX will retain one of its most prolific producer-writers, Ryan Murphy, at least for “AHS,” despite his $300 million deal with Netflix.
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