American Sports Story, Ryan Murphy's new series, will be released in September

After OJ Simpson, the series will focus on another sports figure.

Ryan Murphy is far from having retired. On the contrary, he continues to expand his universes on the small screen. After announcing an all-female cast for his next legal project All's Fair, one of the two spin-offs of his crime series American Crime Storycomes to fruition with a first poster and a release date. The murders join the sports world in American Sports Storybroadcast in September.

Announced in 2021, this anthology series – like its predecessors – will kick off with a first season centered on one of the most significant cases in the sports world, involving NFL player Aaron Hernandez. This American football star was sentenced to life in prison in 2015, found guilty of murdering his wife's sister's boyfriend. He killed himself in his cell in 2017, at the age of 27.

This story, more recent than those seen in American Crime Storyshould be told from multiple perspectives. According to Varietythe series will follow the footballer's rise and fall and will revisit his personality, origins, family, career, death and legacy.

In the main role, we will find Josh Andres Rivera (Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, West Side Story) who, according to producer Nina Jacobson, “stole the role” from the other candidates and delivered an exceptional performance.

Alongside him, we will also find, Lindsay Mendez, Tammy Blanchard, Jaylen Barron (Shameless), Ean Castellanos, Tony Yazbeck, Thomas Sadoski (The Last Word), Jake Cannavale, Norbert Leo Butz (Bloodline) And Patrick Schwarzennegerthe son of Mister Universe 1970 recently seen in the series Gen V. He will play Tim Tebow, a former playing partner at the University of Florida.

While its production was delayed due to the Hollywood writers' strike last year, American Sports Story will consist of ten episodes and will hit screens on September 17 in the United States – one month before the release of season 4. from American Horror Stories.

As for its broadcast in France, this remains to be determined. At present, Ryan Murphy's previous series are split between Disney + and Canal +. American Crime Storythe eldest, being available on the first, we can imagine thatAmerican Sports Story will follow this trajectory.

As for American Love Storythe second spin-off series announced in 2021, seems to be shelved for the moment.