With a lineup of 7 or 8 series currently in development or production, uber-producer Ryan Murphy has more than a full plate. But going forward, he said, he’s going to take his time making sure they’re all in ideal shape.
“I’m not going to shoot anything until it’s written, and it’s perfectly cast, and I get great number twos in terms of showrunners and directors,” he told reporters at the Television Critics Assn. press tour in Pasadena.In the era of Peak TV and streaming, he said it’s tempting to rush projects through, and Murphy — who has been on hand to present three series (“Pose,” “9-1-1” and “American Crime Story: Versace”) admitted that he wasn’t happy with the first iteration of “American Crime Story: Katrina,” which is slated as the next installment in that limited series franchise. “I still had a passion for the story, but it wasn’t the right story,” he said. “I do think there’s such a need and expectation to be constantly feeding the machine.”
The new version — which is set to star frequent Murphy collaborator Sarah Paulson and go into production in the fall — will be based on the book “Five Days at Memorial,” in partnership with producer Scott Rudin. “It’s really a look at the healthcare industry and disasters in global warming,” he said.”We decided to do a more intimate version of that story, which is much more interesting and topical.”
Added Murphy of the Katrina story, “Spike Lee did it better.
”Asked what makes for a compelling season of “American Crime Story,” he said, “It has to be about something that’s a bigger social issue,” he said. “I would never do Jon Benet Ramsay. I would never do the Menendez Brothers because … I don’t know that they were about any meta social themes. I think ‘American Crime Story’ has to be about a bigger picture.”
Murphy said he was passionate about the upcoming “Versace” because “it was about homophobia in the ’90s,” he said, pointing to…
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