Broadway Stages Hosts Production of Ryan Murphy’s Latest Series “The Beauty” for FX
/Ryan Murphy remains one of the busiest men in Hollywood these days. The writer, showrunner, director, and producer known for co-creating "American Horror Story," "Monsters," "Feud," and countless other shows currently has nine projects in various stages of development.
One of these upcoming projects is the series "The Beauty," which has been filming at our Greenpoint facility since last fall. Based on the graphic novel series of the same name by Jeremy Haun and Jason A. Hurley, "The Beauty" will be a sci-fi medical show about a sexually transmitted disease that turns people into their perfect selves — at least on the outside. Murphy told Variety that the series will be his take on "Ozempic Culture."
Co-created by Murphy and frequent collaborator Matthew Hodgson, the series will air on FX and consist of 10 episodes. Hodgson has written episodes of Murphy's "American Sports Story" (2024) and "9-1-1" (2018-2019), and he worked on 65 episodes of Murphy's hit show "Glee" (2011–2015) as a story editor and staff writer.
Speaking of frequent collaborators, Evan Peters is back for what will be his fourth project with Murphy. Peters appeared in nine seasons of Murphy's anthology series "American Horror Story" and starred in "Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story," winning a Golden Globe for his performance as the notorious serial killer. Peters also appeared in the first season of Murphy's groundbreaking series "Pose" (2018-2021), which filmed at our facilities.
Joining Peters in the cast is actress and filmmaker Rebecca Hall, who has dozens of television and film credits under her belt. She is well known for her performances in the romantic dramedy "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" (2008) and the crime thriller "The Town" (2011). She also received critical acclaim for directing and writing the historical drama "Passing" (2021). Ashton Kutcher, Isabella Rossellini, Anthony Ramos, and Jeremy Pope have also been announced as part of the cast. Supermodel-turned-actress Bella Hadid will also appear in the series; she has been spotted shooting scenes for "The Beauty" in Paris.
Broadway Stages is the production studio company of choice for another upcoming Murphy series, "American Love Story," which is currently in pre-production. Following the success of "American Crime Story" and "American Sports Story," the series will focus on John F. Kennedy Jr.'s courtship of and marriage to Carolyn Bessette as well as the tragic circumstances of their deaths. We also provided our facilities for Murphy's Emmy-award winning miniseries "Halston" (2021), which told the true story of the legendary mononymously known fashion designer.
Over the past year, Murphy has worked on projects as varied as Hulu's "Doctor Odyssey," FX's "Feud: Capote vs. The Swans," and Netflix's "Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story." Other projects released over the past year include the eighth season of ABC's "9-1-1," the fifth and final season of Fox's spinoff "9-1-1: Lone Star," the first season of FX's "Grotesquerie," the 12th season of FX's highly successful anthology show "American Horror Story," the third season of its spinoff "American Horror Stories," and the aforementioned first season of FX's "American Sports Story."
Few details have been announced regarding "The Beauty," but the tagline for the six volumes of the graphic novels reads:
Modern society is obsessed with outward beauty. What if there was a way to guarantee you could become more and more beautiful every day? What if it was a sexually transmitted disease? In the world of “The Beauty,” physical perfection is attainable. The vast majority of the population has taken advantage of it, but Detectives Foster and Vaughn will soon discover it comes at a terrible price.
The cast has been spotted out and about in New York supporting local businesses. In January, the Westchester-based food truck Walter's Hot Dogs served the cast their signature fare. Walter's has catered to other Broadway Stages productions as well, such as “Blue Bloods” (including on star Tom Selleck's birthday), "Law & Order," "Billions," "The Equalizer," and the 2023 holiday film "Genie."
We do not yet know when FX will release "The Beauty," but keep following our blog. as we will report more information as it develops. We are thrilled to continue to grow our professional relationship with Ryan Murphy and his production company, and we can't wait to see "The Beauty."
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