Scream Queens - FOX Comedy/Horror Anthology Series
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Emma Roberts and Jamie Lee Curtis have been tapped for leading roles in Scream Queens, Fox’s comedy-horror series created by Glee creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan. The 15-episode first installment of the anthology series, slated for next fall, revolves around a college campus that is rocked by a series of murders.
Both Roberts and Curtis have solid horror credentials — Roberts was in Scream 4 and most recently in Murphy and Falchuk’s American Horror Story on FX, with co-starring roles in the Coven and Freak Show installments. Because of her ties to Murphy and Falchuk via AHS, Roberts had been rumored to star in Scream Queens from the moment the straight-to-series project was announced. Curtis earned a Scream Queen moniker early in her career with her breakout starring turn in John Carpenter’s Halloween that led to a string of popular horror movies.
With the casting of Curtis, Murphy continues to lure to TV great but underutilized actresses of a certain age with meaty, showy roles, which he has done successfully on AHS with Jessica Lange, Angela Bassett and Kathy Bates.
Murphy, Falchuk and Brennan executive produce Scream Queens alongside fellow Glee exec producer Dante Di Loreto for 20th Century Fox TV.
Source: http://deadline.com/2014/12/emma-roberts-jamie-lee-curtis-cast-scream-queens-series-ryan-murphy-fox-1201315464/
Sounds like it could be a network version of American Horror Story but Jamie Lee Curtis is definitely a great coup for the show.
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Nice to see Ms Curtis back on screen. She rarely acts these days.
I don't mind Roberts as an actress, she's okay enough.
Murphy doesn't seem to have enough Ideas or 'Umph' to keep AHS top quality so having another series of a similar ilk seems to be stretching him a bit thin
Depends when they are both filmed
Sarah Paulson has been confirmed for American Crime Story, so i wonder if she will be back for AHS Season 5.
Although i think Ryan Murphy relies too much on the same actresses for his AHS franchise.
http://www.spoilertv.com/2015/01/scream-queens-lea-michele-joe.html
http://tvline.com/2015/01/26/scream-queens-season-1-cast-nick-jonas-fox/
Nick will be filming the second season of Kingdom in a few months so i assume he will shoot it before or after.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/news/a631044/lucien-laviscount-joins-ryan-murphys-scream-queens.html#~p5jJAFRh6JONLh
He's had a lot of back luck since going over to the states. A few flop pilots. Famously the supernatural spin off that was slaughtered by fans and critics. Looks like he will finally get his big break.
Not to mention Skyler Samuels was in American Horror Story: Freak Show and Billie Lourd is Carrie Fisher's daughter.
It's an interesting cast. I can see FOX promoting the living daylights out of this over the next few months like they did with Gotham last year.
http://deadline.com/2015/02/diego-boneta-cast-scream-queens-glen-powell-series-fox-1201381546/
http://deadline.com/2015/03/nasim-pe...hy-1201389939/
Article on why we should be excited for the show ....
http://www.bustle.com/articles/69042...you-need-to-be
The pilot episode has begun filming as well.
They could do with more to be honest.
http://deadline.com/2015/03/oliver-hudson-cast-scream-queens-joe-manganiello-replacement-1201392394/
Two teasers for the show (the second one released yesterday) ....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJb0XQAUFLI and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ_AIyP67eY&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq7RgvFIYfE
It seems to be Television Law that anything with Ryan Murphy's name on it, that will always be the case
An amazing first two seasons, a meh third season and then it goes to pot by season 4