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Ryan Murphy is sticking with the FX Network for his newest anthology series. His third series, Feud, will center around a different epic battle. The first season, given a straight-to-series eight-episode order, will focus on the legendary battle between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford during the filming of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, with Sarandon as Davis and Lange as Crawford.
Joining the cast are Alfred Molina as director Robert Aldrich, Stanley Tucci as studio head Jack Warner, Judy Davis as gossip columnist Hedda Hopper and Dominic Burgess as Davis and Crawford’s co-star Victor Buono. Brad Pitt will serve as an executive producer on the series, with Lange and Sarandon also producing. Murphy has had a successful run of shows on FX beginning with Nip/Tuck and running through American Crime Story.
“Ryan keeps re-inventing TV,” said FX Networks CEO John Landgraf. “Nip/Tuck brilliantly extended the boundaries of ad supported television. Glee re-imagined the television musical. American Horror Story pioneered the modern anthological series, which has rapidly transformed the television landscape and been widely copied. The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story was recognized by many as the best and most talked about new show this year. And all of those shows have been award-winning ratings hits. Feud adds a third and equally ambitious franchise to Ryan’s unprecedented slate of FX anthological limited series and marks our third such collaboration with studio partner 20th Century Fox Television/Fox 21. The series will offer a seductive, insightful look at what lies behind legendary personality conflicts.”
Feud will begin production this fall for a 2017 debut on FX.
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