American Horror Story spin-off series confirmed after Ryan Murphy teased new project
AMERICAN Horror Story WILL have a spin-off series, its TV network has confirmed.
Fans of the award-winning show were upset to learn yesterday that season 10 has been pushed back until next year due to coronavirus.
However, there is some good news, as Deadline revealed the FX network has given the go- ahead to American Horror Stories continuing in weekly hour-long episodes.
Each instalment will be a self-contained tale from the twisted gothic world and won’t be connected to a narrative that plays out for the entire series in the usual way.
FX also confirmed American Horror Story has been renewed through Season 13.
The news comes after the show's creator Ryan Murphy teased the stand-alone episodes two weeks ago.
The TV supremo - who has been expanding the franchise while dropping The Politician and new release Hollywood onto Netflix – shared on social media a picture of a Zoom video call with the AHS cast.
In the caption to the Instagram post, the 54-year-old told his 620,000 followers: “American Horror Story cast Zoom call… Where we reminisced about the good times.”
He revealed they discussed “the spin off we’re doing called American Horror Stories (one hour contained episodes)… When we will start filming the next season of the mothership…And other stuff I cannot print.”
Ryan added of the Zoom call: “It was so much fun and I’m glad we caught up. I miss everyone!”
No actors have yet been confirmed as appearing in the upcoming spin-off series.
However Sarah Paulson, who has appeared in a number of the AHS seasons - said she “hopes to direct” and star in the one-hour episodes.
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The 45-year-old revealed she and Ryan have been having “conversations” about it.
Sarah told The Hollywood Reporter: "I can't say anything about it except for that I hope to be directing the new [series].
"I hope that will in fact come to fruition. Not with anything official, but in fun, playful conversations with the man, that has been floated about. So hopefully!"
American Horror Story seasons 1-8 are available to stream on Netflix now.