Ryan Murphy Talks American Horror Story Season 2 & Beyond

WARNING!!!  If you have not seen the end of season 1 of AHS (American Horror Story) or are planning on watching the first season of the show, then do not proceed any further!!!   Ryan Murphy has began to speak about what we can expect for Season 2 and even beyond.  If you want to know more...proceed to after the break!!

If you follow this blog regularly then you know that I was a HUGE fan of AHS!   I could not get over how well the writing was, how the story unfolded and progressed and well my love for Jessica Lange and her performance in the show (more about that in the next post).   The only thing that troubled me during season 1 was wondering exactly how in the hell this was going to go into multiple seasons???   Ryan Murphy has finally opened up and explains what we can expect for Season 2 and the season after that.  He says;

“The (haunted) house is done. Every season of the show will be a different haunting. That’s always been the plan. Every season of the show will have a beginning, middle and end, and all new characters and setting. We’re still negotiating with a handful (of the performers) about returning. We’re also meeting with new actors whom we’ve targeted roles for. I will say that Connie and Dylan will not be playing the leads of the show in the second season. We’d love for them to come back and do something, maybe a smaller role or a cameo. There are all kinds of different American horror stories to tell. There are serial killing stories, prison stories, true crime stories…Each year of the show is designed to be a little miniseries unto itself. The only thing we’re not open to doing is a season on vampires."

"We too loved those characters and will mourn them and miss them. But the aspects of the show that people love, including the mystery and love story, will be there, albeit with new actors and characters. But you know, this has always been the plan from day one. We just weren’t interested in doing another season with those people trapped in the house…I’ve always wanted to do a kind of Mercury Theater approach, with a (rotating cast) and each year do kind of like a little novella. There are a lot of actors who have their own careers and don’t want to make a five-year commitment. This gives people who haven’t done TV before an opportunity. Our shooting schedule is like three or four months every season, so it’s like commiting to a film really. I get a lot of calls from film actors who want to dabble in TV but don’t know how to do it. Being on a series where all of the characters’ stories are done after a season is a way in for them. That’s been the plan from the beginning with this show.”

The FX Channel president and GM John Landgraf adds;

“We make longterm deals as a matter of course. We haven’t yet picked up the option on anyone. It's a great fall Halloween show. The intent on the network side is for it to become a Halloween tradition for people who love the genre. I was very confident from the beginning that it would work. And the idea of starting from Ground Zero and rebuilding the entire show every season is exciting.”

I'm really excited about this news and knowing which way they are going to go with future seasons however I still feel that there were some unanswered questions from season 1.  Will they eventually address those are we just left to wonder??