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American Horror Story Season 8: Ryan Murphy Teases "Many Fan Favorites" Returning, "Huge Thing" in Episode 5

Though he and Brad Falchuk are currently busy with Pose — their latest series for FX — Ryan Murphy couldn't help but tease American Horror Story fans with a few more teases to get their brains numbing. With filming on season 8 begins this month, Murphy's annual "Teasing of the Upcoming American Horror Story Season" is back up and running with these two additional updates:

● Describing the storyline behind the upcoming season as "very high concept," Murphy promises viewers a line-up of guest stars unlike any other since the glory days of 1970s ABC hour-long "dramedies": "You will see so many fan favorites return that you'll feel like it's The Love Boat."

● Murphy continues to avoid giving a straight answer to the rumors that the season is called "AHS: Radioactive," warning fans that the season would have a huge twist to it: "It's a season unlike anything we've done because there's a big hook to it. There's a huge thing that happens in episode five."

Murphy's additional details, from Entertainment Weekly, are a follow-up to his showing at FX's 'For Your Consideration' event for Emmy voters in April 2018, where Murphy added on to the news that Evan Peters, Sarah Paulson, Billie Lourd, and Kathy Bates would be returning – along with new addition Joan Collins – with a few more pieces to the season puzzle:

●  With filming expected to begin in mid-June ("We start shooting season 8 around June 16th."), American Horror Story's season 8 (Murphy did not address the Radioactive title rumor) will be set "18 months from today."

●  Murphy is looking to take the upcoming season back to the more fantasy-horror elements of previous seasons:

"It's heightened. It's not necessarily as real and grounded as the past season. We're sort of getting back to Asylum, and Coven. That's the tone of it."

●  Peters will be playing a comedic hairstylist, which was revealed during a portion of the presentation when cast members from Cult were allowed to ask Murphy any question they had about the upcoming season (except if they were going to be in it). Peters asked if there would be wigs worn during season 8, which led to this response from Murphy:

"I'll tell you something about you, because I see how this is going. The funny thing is, we shot Cult and it was very taxing on Evan, and around Thanksgiving, I was talking to Evan and he said, 'You know this show is so hard, it's so difficult to do'. So your part this year is a comedic part, you are comedic and you play a hairstylist."

●  Collins will play Peters's grandmother, another revelation from Murphy's onstage Q&A. Cult's Leslie Grossman wondered if Peters would get to work his on-screen styling skills on Collins' hair: "Joan Collins? Yes. She plays Evan's grandmother."

●  Adina Porter asked about minority casting for the upcoming season, which Murphy confirmed: "I will tell you that three of our leads are indeed minorities."

●  As for any updates on the rumor of Anjelica Huston joining the cast, Murphy said, "(We're) talking. I love her."

●  Even with numerous projects in play through Fox and now Netflix, Murphy reminded fans that American Horror Story is still a project he holds dear:

"One of the great joys of my life is doing this show. I love this show so much. This great group of actors who come together and get to know each other, and trust each other, and go to places…I just love the ability to reach out to people who I love, love, love, and say, 'Hey would you like to come play in our sandbox?'"

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