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Studio 54: American Crime Story is the fourth season of the FX true crime anthology television series American Crime Story. The season will portray the rise and fall of Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager and their Studio 54 nightclub during the 1970s leading up to Rubell and Schrager's eventual tax fraud conviction.

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The season will portray the rise and fall of Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager and their Studio 54 nightclub during the 1970s leading up to Rubell and Schrager's eventual tax fraud conviction.[1][2][3]

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A fourth season of American Crime Story was put into development on January 18, 2017. The potential season was set to be based on Jeffrey Toobin's 2000 non-fiction novel A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President.[4] The following month, in an interview with E! News, executive producer Ryan Murphy confirmed that the season was moving ahead with Sarah Paulson attached to star.[5] It was later announced by Murphy on April 4, 2018 that the project would not be moving forward, but was later redeveloped as the third season of the series Impeachment after Katrina, the third season initially planned, was also announced not to be moving forward.[6][7][8] As a result, multiple other potential instalments of the series were being developed at FX.[7][9]

On June 16, 2021, during an episode of Deadline Hollywood's Crew Call Podcast, Murphy revealed that a season based on the Studio 54 scandal was being developed as a potential season.[10]

You can tell in my work that I'm obsessed with that era. That's when I was a child, in Indiana, getting the Liz Smith column in the Indianapolis Star, reading about it, I'm like 'Oh! I wanna go there.' I love what it's about. I love that time and place. But I also feel like, it's a story of excess, and a story of two guys who had a dream, and took the dream too far and paid for it. I love Ian Schrager's work and I think he's a genius. It's an interesting story to tell through the prism of American Crime Story.[10]

— Ryan Murphy

During FX Networks' Summer 2021 TCA Press Tour panel on August 13, 2021, it was confirmed that Studio 54 was officially being developed as the fourth season of American Crime Story.[11]

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  1. ^ Turchiano, Danielle (2021-08-13). "FX Orders 'American Love Story' and 'American Sports Story' Anthologies, Has 'Studio 54: American Crime Story' Officially in Development". Variety. Archived from the original on August 16, 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  2. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (2021-08-13). "'Studio 54: American Crime Story' In The Works At FX As Potential Fourth Installment Of 'ACS' Limited Series". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  3. ^ Petski, Denise (2021-08-13). "FX Orders 'American Sports Story' & 'American Love Story' Spinoffs From Ryan Murphy". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on August 13, 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  4. ^ Goldberg, Lesley (January 18, 2017). "Monica Lewinsky Saga in the Works as 'American Crime Story' Season (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  5. ^ Dos Santos, Kristin (February 14, 2017). "Ryan Murphy Confirms American Crime Story Will Take on Monica Lewinsky and Sarah Paulson Is Attached". E!. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  6. ^ Rose, Lacey (April 4, 2018). "Ryan Murphy on 'American Crime Story' Future and Scrapping Monica Lewinsky Season". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  7. ^ a b MacDonald, Lindsay (February 4, 2019). "American Crime Story Won't Focus on Hurricane Katrina After All; Plus, Details on Fargo Season 4". TV Guide. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  8. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (August 6, 2019). "'Impeachment: American Crime Story' About Clinton Scandal A Go At FX With Sarah Paulson As Linda Tripp & Monica Lewinsky Producing". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  9. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (August 3, 2018). "'Feud: Charles & Diana' Not Going Forward For Now, Multiple 'Feud' & 'American Crime' Installments In the Works At FX". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  10. ^ a b D'Alessandro, Anthony (June 16, 2021). "Ryan Murphy On Getting 'Halston' On The Runway With Daniel Minahan; Muses On Future Fashion-Related Projects – Crew Call Podcast". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  11. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (August 13, 2021). "'Studio 54: American Crime Story' In The Works At FX As Potential Fourth Installment Of 'ACS' Limited Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
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