Ryan Murphy, creator of successful series’ such as Glee and American Horror Story, has released the first information about his next highly anticipated endeavor, a comedy-horror series for FOX called Scream Queens. The original “Princess of Scream” Jamie Lee Curtis and relative newcomer to the genre Emma Roberts will be the new series’ leading ladies. The new show will revolve around a series of murders that suddenly rock a local, small-town campus. Scream Queens is slated as a fifteen episode anthology for its first season and hopes to premiere Fall 2016.
Murphy seems to have a knack for drawing in woman of a certain age back to the spotlight as he has with Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, and Angela Bassett in American Horror Story. His charms must be effective as this is Jamie Lee Curtis’ first stab back to horror since the character she originated, Laurie Strode, met her untimely death in the final chapter of the Halloween franchise in 2002.
Emma Roberts has also been earning most of her most recent horror credit on Murphy’s American Horror Story, acting as a major role in the last two seasons. Her first horror credit, however, came from the latest installment of Wes Craven’s Scream franchise, Scream 4, alongside veteran actors Nev Campbell, Courtney Cox, and David Arquette. Emma Roberts is also engaged to long time American Horror Story star Evan Peters, who has been a critical on the role on the show every season since its premiere.
As time passes, anticipation for the new series grows as Ryan Murphy’s other shows continue to please. American Horror Story continues to entice audiences with its new twisted and gory story lines and characters. Murphy’s work overall is filling the horror genre with new life and flare as he continues to bring horror back to its original home, television.
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