For years , American Horror Storycreator Ryan Murphyteased the interconnection of his madcap , macabre universe . Beats of each season would twin and even call back to previous installments , despite subsist in isolated worlds – Sarah Paulson even reprize her role of Billie Dean Howard fromMurder House(Season 1 ) on the finale ofHotel(Season 5 ) . When Season 6 crept into persuasion , many wondered if it would be a closing , a hypothesis strengthened by each of thefirst five episodes ofRoanokeechoing their several numerical season . This may have been more of a game ; so far , we have n’t discover anyone from the past times show up in the present . And we may not whenRoanokewraps up – concord to Murphy , the crossover folly is set for a succeeding season .
During a SundaypanelatEntertainment Weekly ’s Popfest , Murphy let out that he is design a lineal squad - up event , culling from seasons past . " It ’s not going to be next season , " he explain , " but we are going to do a season that ’s a crossover voter betweenMurder House[Season 1 ] andCoven[Season 3 ] together , which is very outre . "
execution Housestarred Connie Britton , Dylan McDermott , and Taissa Farmiga as the Harmon family line , who encounter , engagement , and befriend the paranormal inhabitants of a haunted mansion . Jessica Lange and Evan Peters costarred as Constance , a meddling neighbor , and Tate , a psychopathological adolescent ghost , severally , and both jumped toCoven , Murphy ’s New Orleans - set exploration of witchery , voodoo , and infernal rite . Farmiga andMurder Housealumni Sarah Paulson , Zachary Quinto , Lily Rabe , Frances Conroy , and Denis O’Hare also stuck around for the third season , which lend Emma Roberts , Gabourey Sidibe , and Kathy Bates to the mold .
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“ I ’ve [ already ] started going to actors from both of the season , quietly , enjoin , ‘ I remember in this windowpane , if you could fit us in , ' ” said Murphy . “ So yeah , it ’s fun . It ’s unearthly . ”
Roanoke may wind up up play a role in plug in the two season . MurphyconfirmedtoEWhatLady Gaga ’s druid fictitious character , whose lifespan stretches from the first American settlement all the way to present Clarence Shepard Day Jr. , is in fact the first " sovereign , " the top witch locating established inCoven . Murphy also said that November ’s finale “ is the wrapper - up toRoanokebut the mythology and some of the characters will keep on in subsequent season . So it ’s the ending but not the ending . " Can we expectThe Avengersof theAHSuniverse ?
We ’ll have to wait two cycles for theMurder House - Covencrossover to erupt from Murphy ’s satanic mind , but FX already lockedAHSSeason 7 for 2017 , and Murphy is happy to ride it , too . As seems to be tradition from here on out , the ungentle , un - themed time of year will bond back to previous stories . “ Next year , we will be going back to someFreak Showcharacters , deep histories and mythology , " he unwrap . " So we ’re sort of still exploring Season 4 in Season 7 . ”
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