Murphy is debuting a new anthology series titled Feud.
- BY JULIE MILLER
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- Following the smash success of The People v. O.J. Simpson, FX has announced that it is diving even deeper into American history for another tantalizing Ryan Murphy collaboration titled Feud. Like American Horror Story and American Crime Story, Feud will also be an anthology series, and has already lined up a stellar cast and premise for its first run.
On Thursday, FX revealed that Murphy regular Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon will play Old Hollywood's rivaling grandes dames Joan Crawford and Bette Davis, respectively, in the first eight-episode iteration of the series. The project will explore the bitter feud between the women and their eventual on-screen collaboration in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, which received five Academy Awards nominations. Per FX, the pilot is partly based on the script Best Actress by Jaffe Cohen and Michael Zam.
The Oscar-winning actresses will be joined by a fantastic ensemble cast, including Alfred Molina (as What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? director Robert Aldrich), Stanley Tucci (as studio titan Jack Warner), Judy Davis (gossip columnist Hedda Hopper), and Dominic Burgess (as Crawford and Davis's co-star Victor Buono).
Murphy will direct several of the episodes and executive produce along with Brad Pitt. Sarandon and Lange will also have a creative say, as they will also be working on the drama as producers. Production begins this fall, with the series debuting on FX sometime in 2017.