‘American Horror Story’ Season 10 Finally Has A Title—But That’s Not the Big News
Spooky szn may be over, but American Horror Story season 10 news keeps rolling in. Creator Ryan Murphy just delivered a bunch of new details about his latest horror story…and some big news
Here’s everything we know so far:
It’s happening. But you already knew that. After season nine—an ode to ’80s slasher films—aired, the FX anthology series was green-lighted through season 13. At the Television Critics Association 2019 winter press tour, FX Networks chairman John Landgraf announced the news and called AHS creators Murphy and Brad Falchuk “the undisputed masters of horror TV, having created the anthological limited series with American Horror Story and sustaining its success for nearly a decade as FX’s highest-rated series.”
The cast list has been posted. First things first: Sarah Paulson returns! Now that that’s out of the way, enjoy this Instagram post from Murphy in which he announces who’s back (and who’s new) for season 10.
Here’s the full list (so far):
- Kathy Bates
- Macaulay Culkin
- Leslie Grossman
- Billie Lourd
- Sarah Paulson
- Evan Peters
- Adina Porter
- Lily Rabe
- Angelica Ross
- Finn Wittrock
Exciting returns include Bates, Paulson, and Peters, who were deeply missed in season nine. Notably missing are Emma Roberts and Jessica Lange, two major players in the franchise.
But it’s the addition of Culkin in the number-two slot that may prove to be the most interesting choice. While his brother, Kieran Culkin, is killing it on Succession, the Home Alone child star has slowly been making his way back into the public eye.
“I enjoy acting. I enjoy being on set,” Culkin said in an Esquire cover story. “I don’t enjoy a lot of the other things that come around it. What’s a good analogy? The Shawshank Redemption. The way he gets out of prison is to crawl through a tube of shit, you know? It feels like to get to that kind of freedom, I’d have to crawl through a tube of shit. And you know what? I’ve built a really nice prison for myself. It’s soft. It’s sweet. It smells nice. You know? It’s plush.”
Production was on hold due to the coronavirus. “You know, nobody so far has called me up and said, ‘Okay, we have a plan to move forward for shooting,’” Murphy told The Wrap earlier this year. “So until that day, everybody is kind of on pause. I honestly don’t know. But it’s a great season and I know all the actors are chomping at the bit to get into it, so that’s all I know.” Wittrock said in an October 2020 interview that the cast will start filming “soon.”
