'American Horror Story' Season 4 Premiere: 'Freak Show' Headed For Early October Launch; Everything We Know So Far [VIDEO]
The premiere of FX's American Horror Story: Freak Show may have officially been released and it seems that the network is going for an early October premiere again.
American Horror Story: Freak Show will be premiering on Oct. 8, according to FX Canada, via SpoilerTV. This is right in line with last year's premiere of American Horror Story: Coven, which premiered on Oct. 9.
The fourth installment in the horror anthology series, Freak Show is set in 1952 and centers on the lives of those involved in one of the last remaining freak shows in America. The series is taking place in Jupiter, Fla. despite filming in New Orleans for the second year in a row.
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Here is a rundown of the cast and character information known so far:
-Jessica Lange will play Elsa Mars, a German expatriate who goes around "saving" the deformed and puts them in her freak show.
-Sarah Paulson is playing one of those "freaks," playing Dot and Better Tattler, conjoined twin sisters. Paulson is playing both characters in what will surely be her most challenging role yet.
-Evan Peters is set to play Jimmy Darling, another performer in the freak show.
-Kathy Bates will play Effil Darling, the mother of Jimmy who is also a performer in the show.
-Michael Chiklis is joining American Horror Story for the first time and is set to play Wendell Del Toredo, the ex-husband of Effil and the father of Jimmy.
-Angela Bassett is set to play Desiree Dupree, another performer in the freak show who is currently married to Wendell.
-Frances Conroy will be playing a yet-to-be-announced character, but she will be a part of the freak show as well.
-Emma Roberts is playing Maggie, whose character details are unknown at this time.
-Gabourey Sidibe will play a Barbizon school graduate who returns home to deal with a family matter.
-Jamie Brewer is returning to the show but her character details are unknown.
-Denis O'Hare will be playing a "collector of freaks" and a rival to Elsa.
As for the recurring cast assembled so far, there is John Carroll Lynch, who is playing a clown killer named Twisty, who will serve as a primary villain for the season. R&B legend Patti LaBelle has also signed on and will play the mother of Sidibe's character. Meanwhile, The Hunger Games actor Wes Bentley will play Eddie, a tormentor from Effil's past who comes back to haunt her.
Other new cast members include All My Children actor Finn Wittrock and the world's smallest woman, Jyoti Amge, both of them in yet-to-be-announced roles.
