‘American Horror Story’ Season 12: Release Date, More – PRIMETIMER

American Horror Story: Delicate (Photo: FX, Instagram)

With summer approaching, it looks like it’s time to see what producers Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk have in store for the next season of American Horror Story. This upcoming season, which will be the show’s 12th, comes on the heels of American Horror Story: NYC, a nightmarish tale of 1980s homophobia and the advent of the AIDS crisis.

As with most seasons of American Horror Story, there’s much that’s still being kept close to the vest. But as information begins to trickle out from the Murphy camp, we now know a good bit about the premise, some of the cast members, and who’s going to be running things behind the scenes.

What is this season of American Horror Story called?

Season 12 of American Horror Story is titled American Horror Story: Delicate.

What will Season 12 of American Horror Story be about?

This upcoming season is based on the soon-to-be-published novel Delicate Condition by Danielle Valentine. According to Goodreads, the book is “a gripping thriller that follows a woman convinced a sinister figure is going to great lengths to make sure her pregnancy never happens — while the men in her life refuse to believe a word she says.” The story has been compared to a “feminist update to Rosemary’s Baby, which sets the bar high, considering what a landmark for horror filmmaking that 1968 movie was. This will be the first time that a season of American Horror Story will be adapted from a specific published work.

Who is writing Season 12 of American Horror Story?

In another first for the series, American Horror Story: Delicate will be entirely written by one person, and it’s neither Ryan Murphy nor Brad Falchuk. Instead, playwright and TV writer Halley Feiffer will serve as writer and showrunner for the whole season. Feiffer previously served as a writer on American Horror Story: Impeachment, as well as the Apple TV+ anthology series Roar, for which she wrote the episode where Merritt Wever has a relationship with a duck. Feiffer may be best recognized for her acting roles, however. She played Ted Danson’s daughter for five episodes of the HBO series Bored to Death, and she played Sophie, girlfriend to Jesse Eisenberg’s character in the Noah Baumbach movie The Squid and the Whale.

Who is in the cast of American Horror Story Season 12?

The full cast for American Horror Story: Delicate hasn’t been announced yet, but we do know a few key cast members. Emma Roberts will be returning for her sixth season of American Horror Story, after having previously starred in the Coven, Freak Show, Cult, Apocalypse, and 1984 seasons. In what is thus far the show’s biggest casting news, Kim Kardashian has been confirmed to appear in her first season of American Horror Story or any Ryan Murphy-produced series. It was Kardashian’s Instagram post that heralded the new season on April 10th.

“Kim is among the biggest and brightest television stars in the world and we are thrilled to welcome her to the AHS family,” Murphy said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter. “Emma and I are excited about collaborating with this true force in the culture.”

In addition to Roberts and Kardashian, Matt Czuchry is joining the cast, now that Fox has canceled his series The Resident after six seasons. Czuchry, who’s making his first foray into the Ryan Murphy-verse, is probably best known for playing Logan Huntzberger on Gilmore Girls and Cary Agos on The Good Wife.

When is the release date for American Horror Story Season 12?

All we know is that American Horror Story: Delicate will premiere some time this summer on FX. Per THR, the season is scheduled to begin shooting in New York City in late April. A precise release date is expected to come in June. If things go as they did with Season 11, episodes will be available to stream the next day on Hulu.

Joe Reid is the senior writer at Primetimer and co-host of the This Had Oscar Buzz podcast. His work has appeared in Decider, NPR, HuffPost, The Atlantic, Slate, Polygon, Vanity Fair, Vulture, The A.V. Club and more.