What’s the next crime for American Crime Story? In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, FX CEO John Landgraf discussed season two plans for the anthology series.
Currently, the first season of American Crime Story is covering the O.J. Simpson trial.
Earlier, we reported that season two would focus on Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. Landgraf expanded on the idea by saying the season won’t center on a “singular crime”:
It’s not a singular crime in the way that there was a murder or two murders in O.J., but there were a series of pretty serious crimes that took place in and around Katrina. Part of what Ryan [Murphy], Nina [Jacobson] and Brad [Simpson] want do with this franchise is use these extraordinarily compelling and entertaining stories to delve into what lies beneath the surface of crime and of our society.”
He added that Katrina offers the opportunity to tell several different stories:
To me, Katrina is really an interesting decision in that regard. It’s a big, epic story. On one level, it’s a disaster story with all the sort of human scale and tragedy and interest that any story might have, but then inside it there are all these other fascinating sub-stories. Why were the levees flawed? How did they get that way? Why were there hospitals where life support systems were being turned off? How did a bunch of people end up inside the Superdome, essentially living here in squalid conditions?”
What do you think? Are you watching the first season of American Crime Story? Will you watch the second season about Hurricane Katrina?
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