‘American Horror Story’ Announces ‘Murder House’ / ‘Coven’ Crossover Season
The six seasons ofAmerican Horror Storyhave been linked together in little ways, but an upcoming season promises to make the connection between two of the seasons much, much stronger. Executive producerRyan Murphyhas announced anAmerican Horror Storycrossover season betweenMurder House(season one) andCoven(season three).
Murphy revealed plans for theAmerican Horror Storycrossover atEW’s PopFest. “We do know what we’re going to do,” he said when asked about the possibility of revisitingCoven. “It’s not going to be next season, but we are going to do a season that’s a crossover betweenMurder HouseandCoventogether, which is very bizarre.” To clarify, he added, “There will be characters fromMurder Houseand characters fromCoventogether.”
Murphy has previously said that he already has an idea in place for season seven, but that he has additionally been working on a"secret season"to be revealed further down the line. Could this be it?
FX officially renewedAmerican Horror Storyfor a seventh seasonseveral weeks ago, but has yet to announce an eighth season. That said,American Horror Storyremains one of their flagship series and ratings remain solid (if not quite as high as they once were), so there’s every reason to believe the series will return again.
As for why theAmerican Horror Storycrossover won’t come next season, Murphy said it comes down to scheduling. “I’ve [already] started going to actors from both of the seasons, quietly, saying, ‘I think in this window, if you could fit us in,'” he said. “So yeah, it’s fun. It’s weird.” Murphy did not say which actors could return, though it should be interesting to see if he’s able to bring back some of the faces we haven’t seen in a while, like Connie Britton and Dylan McDermott.
American Horror Story: Murder Houserevolved around the Harmon family, who move into a suspiciously cheap old mansion in Los Angeles.American Horror Story: Covenfollowed a group of witches who belong to a coven in New Orleans. Both shows are set in the present day, so the narrative timing shouldn’t be too difficult to work out. The bigger complication could be figuring out what to do with actors who’ve appeared in both seasons as different characters, like Taissa Farmiga, should they decide to return.
