JFK Jr. & Carolyn Bessette Kennedy Are Getting the Ryan Murphy Treatment
From the O.J. Simpson trial and Gianni Versace's murder, to the legendary feud between Joan Crawford and Bette Davis, Hollywood producer Ryan Murphy has made a name for himself by taking sensational events and cultural moments throughout history and giving them his signature, campy spin for the small screen.
While we all patiently wait for the impending premiere of FX's Impeachment: American Crime Story, about the explosive Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky saga and starring Beanie Feldstein, Murphy, the prolific creative mind that he is, is already at work on more American Story spinoffs for the network. First, he'll switch gears from horror and crime to romance with American Love Story, which will explore the “sweeping true love stories that captured the world’s attention.”
And is there really a love story that was as fiery, beautiful, captivating—and tragically short-lived—as that of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette? America's golden couple will be the first subjects of the new scripted anthology series, which will chart the course of their relationship from their whirlwind courtship, to the immense pressures brought on by incessant tabloid attention, to the plane crash that ended it all in the summer of 1999.
Along with American Love Story, there is also a sports-related anthology in the works. Called American Sports Story, season one will focus on the dramatic life and death of Aaron Hernandez, who was a rising star with the New England Patriots before being convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison—where he committed suicide in 2017. And finally, Impeachment will hardly be the last of the American Crime Story series. Next to be treated to Murphy's dramatic flourish: infamous '70s nightclub Studio 54.
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