Kim Kardashian Joins Ryan Murphy Repertory Company.
Reality star, entrepreneur, podcaster, and pop culture icon just signed on for the upcoming 12th season of FX American Horror Story, in a role written specifically for her. Join to return AHS Alum and series collaborator Murphy Emma Roberts is out on a picnic — which, in the show’s first run, will be written and presented by one writer, Hallie Pfeiffer.
“Kim is among the biggest and brightest TV stars in the world and we are thrilled to welcome her to… AHS family,” he said AHS Murphy co-created in a statement to THR. “Emma and I are excited to collaborate with such a true force in culture. A fun, elegant, and ultimately terrifying role especially for Kim, this season is ambitious and unlike anything we’ve ever done,” Halle Pfeiffer writes.
Murphy and Kardashian are friends, and the prolific TV producer and director is said to have been impressed with her 2021 hosting so well. Saturday Night Live. They started talking last summer about crafting a unique role for her scripted TV debut. Details about Kardashian and Roberts’ roles are being kept tightly under wraps, though the writing was on the wall about Kardashian’s involvement this morning with Instagram post is encrypted From her account – the eighth most followed in the world.
Unlike previous iterations of the AHSHowever, there is at least something to go on. For the first time in the anthology’s history, it tends to the source material. titled season sensitive It is based, at least in part, on the upcoming Daniel Valentine novel delicate case. In August by Sourcebooks Landmark, the novel is described as a thriller about a woman who becomes convinced that an evil figure will go to great lengths to make sure her pregnancy never occurs. Description cover blurb from author Andrea Bartz delicate case As a “feminist modernization of Rosemary’s baby We all need.”
Although Kardashian has acted before, this would be her biggest effort yet. And the A-list stunt cast isn’t exactly out of the ordinary AHS wheelhouse. The series has been a revolving door of marquee names since re-clicking Jessica Lange in Season 1, where she became famous for casting Lady Gaga, whose acting credits were just her own elaborate music videos, in Season 5 — setting the stage for her successful film career.
The move also sees Kardashian double down on her relationship with Disney, as she and her family launch a reality show. Kardashians on Hulu just a year ago. The streaming device is also the de facto digital home for the Disney property’s slate of FX programming.
Roberts, part of AHSRotating cast since entering 2013 CovenAlso appeared in freak showAnd groupAnd resurrection And 1984 entries. She returned to the franchise after a four-year hiatus. Feiffer handles the show’s previously written duties Dear EdwardAnd HadeerAnd mix and the Murphy Series Impeachment: American Crime Story.
The new season of AHS, is executive produced by Murphy Productions, and co-creators Brad Falchuk, Pfeiffer, Alexis Martin Woodall, and Scott Robertson, and is set to begin filming in New York City later in April. A summer premiere is expected, with Murphy and FX expected to announce a set date in June.
American Horror Story It is one of the longest running and most successful properties in Ryan Murphy Productions’ big TV portfolio, with over 100 Emmy nominations and 13 wins to date.
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