'American Horror Story: Hotel' Plot: Everything We Know So Far About Season 5, Including Cast, Characters & More [VIDEO]
Here's everything we know so far about FX's American Horror Story: Hotel, the fifth installment in the horror anthology series.
Production on American Horror Story: Hotel begins this month, so here's a look at all the info announced thus far.
The cast includes the following actors, with corresponding character names and info that have been announced already:
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Lady Gaga - Unknown character name, love triangle with Finn Wittrock and Matt Bomer's characters
Sarah Paulson - Hypodermic Sally, villain
Evan Peters - Mr. March, involved with "Room 64," villain
Kathy Bates - Iris, runs the hotel, villain
Angela Bassett - Ramona, associates with Gaga's character in the ballroom, villain
Matt Bomer - Donovan, fights for Gaga's character's affection, villain
Finn Wittrock - Unknown character name, fights for Gaga's characters affection, not a "good guy"
Lily Rabe - Unknown character name, serial killer
Denis O'Hare - Unknown character name and info
Wes Bentley - Unknown character name and info
Cheyenne Jackson - Unknown character name and info
Chloë Sevigny - Unknown character name and info
Max Greenfield - Unknown character name and info
Emma Roberts Unknown character name, shows up late in season
Richard T. Jones - Detective Hahn, L.A. homicide detective
Helena Mattson - Unknown character name and info
The new season will be filmed in Los Angeles, a departure from the New Orleans location of Coven and Freak Show, the last two seasons. American Horror Story boss Ryan Murphy told Deadline that the new season will be darker than the show's usual feeling.
"The upcoming season that we're doing is much more horror-based; it's much more dark," he said. "It's about a theme and an idea that's very close to my heart that I've always wanted to do that's a little bloodier and grislier I think than anything that we've done before; it's straight horror this year. Murder House, I thought, was a very primal season because everybody's great fear is about the bogeyman under the bed in their house, and this feels similar to me in that when you check into a hotel, there are certain things beyond your control... Other people have the keys to your room; they can come in there. You're not exactly safe, it's a very unsettling idea."
The new season also will not include any musical numbers, a polarizing element of Freak Show.
American Horror Story: Hotel premieres in October on FX, though the network has not yet announced a specific premiere date.
