Ryan Murphy Shares Details on American Horror Story Season 8

During a recent panel for American Horror Story: Cult (via Variety), creator Ryan Murphy detailed plans for the show’s planned eighth season. Murphy took part in the panel alongside cast members Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Cheyenne Jackson, Billy Eichner, Adina Porter, and Leslie Grossman what they can expect from the next season of the FX series. Below are some details of what Murphy had to say about the new season.

The next season doesn’t have a title or launch date yet. American Horror Story airs on FX, and the Cult season aired last fall.

Murphy on season eight: “It is set in the near future. I will say it is set 18 months from today. … We’re sort of getting back to the ‘Asylum,’ ‘Coven’ feeling. That’s the tone of it.”

Murphy on the cast for the next season to have three minority leads: “I will tell you that three of our leads are indeed minorities.”