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American Horror Story: Hotel is the upcoming fifth season of the FX horror anthology television series American Horror Story. It is set to premiere on October 7, 2015, and finale on January 20, 2016. The series was renewed for a fifth season on October 13, 2014.

Cast and characters

• Lady Gaga as Elizabeth; owner of the hotel
• Sarah Paulson as Hypodermic Sally; a permanent resident of the hotel and nemesis of Bates
• Kathy Bates as Iris; manager of the hotel
• Angela Bassett as Ramona Royale; an actress
• Wes Bentley as John Lowe; a detective investigating foul play in the hotel
• Matt Bomer as Donovan
• Chloë Sevigny as Alex Lowe; a doctor and John's wife
• Denis O'Hare as Liz Taylor; a bar worker in the hotel
• Cheyenne Jackson as Will Drake; a fashion icon
• Evan Peters as Mr. March
• Finn Wittrock as Tristan Duffy; a male model
• Max Greenfield as an addict
• Emma Roberts
• Richard T. Jones as Detective Hahn
• Helena Mattsson
• Lily Rabe as Aileen Wuornos; the infamous serial killer
• Naomi Campbell as a fashion editor
• Mädchen Amick as a mother whose son is ailing

Episodes

This season's two-part Halloween episode is titled "Devil's Night" and will be directed by Murphy.

Production

Development

On October 13, 2014, FX announced that the series would return in October 2015, with a fifth season. Network president John Landgraf stated that the season will necessitate a "huge reinvention" for the series. The season's subtitle was confirmed as Hotel, and was partly inspired by the 1935 screwball musical comedy film, Top Hat. Co-creator Ryan Murphy explained that the casting included a number of actors and singers, but would be a much darker season compared to the previous ones. Inspiration came from old hotel horror films and actual hotels situated at downtown Los Angeles, with reputation of sinister events, including The Cecil in Los Angeles, where the death of a 21 year old Canadian student called Elisa Lam occurred. Murphy had watched a surveillance video of Lam in the hotel, in which she displayed erratic behavior just hours prior to her supposed death. It was around this time that the writing for Hotel was conceptualized. The writing for Hotel also included Murphy's personal phobia and fears which he explained that had not been explored since the first season.

The upcoming season that we're doing is much more horror-based; it's much more dark. It's about a theme and an idea that's very close to my heart that I've always wanted to do that's a little bloodier and grislier I think than anything that we've done before; it's straight horror this year. Murder House, I thought, was a very primal season because everybody's great fear is about the bogeyman under the bed in their house, and this feels similar to me in that when you check into a hotel, there are certain things beyond your control... Other people have the keys to your room; they can come in there. You're not exactly safe, it's a very unsettling idea.

Co-creator/executive producer Brad Falchuk explained that like the first and second season of the series, Hotel would explore the "trapped" horror trope, though the actions would not be limited just within the premises. "This season, the horror is sneaking out of the hotel," he added explaining that the plot would revolve keeping the hotel in the center, with a more noir like ambience. Hotel would also connect to previous seasons of the series, with older characters appearing in the titular hotel from around episodes 6–7.

Casting

On February 25, 2015, it was announced that American singer Lady Gaga joined the show. Murphy had discussed the singer's role in the series and she wanted it to be "evil", however Murphy explained to her that Hotel would be devoid of any musical numbers. Instead Gaga's character would be involved with fashion and was named as Elizabeth, the owner of the titular hotel. Jessica Lange, a series regular, announced that she will not be coming back for the season. During PaleyFest it was announced that Matt Bomer and Cheyenne Jackson would co-star. Afterwards, more series regulars were confirmed, including Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Kathy Bates, and Angela Bassett. Murphy himself tweeted about the latter's involvement in Hotel, including a possible plotline with Gaga, as a character called Ramona Royale, an actress. Chloë Sevigny, who was a recurring special guest in Asylum, will return to the series for Hotel, playing the wife of Wes Bentley's character, a detective.

On May 25, 2015, it was announced that Max Greenfield would also be joining the cast, in a role later revealed to be that of an addict. Greenfield had to dye his hair green for the role. On June 18, 2015, Murphy revealed to Deadline.com that Denis O'Hare would return. Through Twitter, Murphy confirmed that Finn Wittrock, who played a serial killer on Freak Show, would return for Hotel. According to Murphy's tweet, Wittrock would be involved in a love triangle with Gaga and Bomer in a role named as Tristan Duffy, a male model. Wittrock explained that the character might have similarities to the role in Freak Show with less malevolence. In an interview with TheWrap, Jessica Lange stated that she would return for the fifth season if Murphy gives her a minor role. She added that the collaboration between them was a great one, so she would love to keep working with him. On June 25, 2015, Murphy confirmed to Zap2it that Emma Roberts would return for the last few episodes of the season once she wraps Scream Queens. Her character will have something to do with Evan Peters. On July 15, 2015, it was announced that Richard T. Jones had joined the cast as Detective Hahn, a homicide detective, for an eight-episode arch. That same day, 666 Park Avenue alum Helena Mattsson announced via Twitter that she had also joined the series and that she was "getting ready to film some scary stuff". Series veteran Lily Rabe joined the cast in July 2015, portraying famed serial killer Aileen Wuornos during the two-part Halloween installment. With her appearance in the season Rabe remains one of three cast members to appear in all five seasons (with Paulson and Peters) of the show. Naomi Campbell was cast in the role of a fashion editor who does not get along with Gaga's character.

The cast appeared at the 2015 Comic-Con International and revealed further information about the series. Murphy explained that Hotel was connected to all the previous seasons of the show, and would include characters from the previous seasons checking in the hotel. Other information revealed included a possible death of Paulson's character. He also stated that " are bad boys and girls this time." Regarding the season having no primary character, Murphy confessed that "the thing that's different about the season is that before we've always been very driven by the Jessica Lange character. She was always the lead character... This year, it's a true ensemble and I think we have more male parts and more male stories. The Wes Bentley part is really big, the Matt Bomer part is really big; Evan Peters and Finn Wittrock are really big. that's not to say that the women aren't either."

Filming

Principal photography for the season began on July 14, 2015, in Los Angeles, California, marking a return to where the series shot its first two cycles (Murder House and Asylum). According to the Los Angeles Times, creative reasons, not economic factors, was the deciding key for moving the series from Louisiana back to Los Angeles since Hotel's story is connected to the city. Murphy revealed a six-story hotel set was being built on the Fox lot. A dummy set of the hotel was built at Comic-Con, showing an art deco style building from the 1920s, inspired by the old Hollywood era. Murphy announced at the TCA Summer Press Tour in August 2015 that he would be directing the season's two-part Halloween episode, "Devil's Night". He stated he would direct it "because I love the script so much, when we finished it I said, 'I can't give this to anybody else.'"

Marketing

On February 26, 2015, Gaga tweeted a link to the first promotional video for the upcoming season with the caption "Make your reservation now. #GagaAHSHotel" announcing her presence in the season and the official title. On July 2, 2015, a promotional trading card was unveiled by Entertainment Weekly, available at Comic-Con, where after entering the hotel set built there, one could receive the trading card with a promotional key. On July 13, 2015, the first official teaser for the season was released, showing Gaga's long-nailed hand ringing the bell at the front desk. On August 7, 2015, FX revealed the premiere date of the season alongside with a new teaser poster, showing an art deco peephole on a wooden door, beyond which an obscure image revealed a blond woman putting a body to bed.

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External links

• Official website
• American Horror Story at IMDb
• List of American Horror Story episodes at TV.com

• 2015 television seasons
• American drama television series
• American Horror Story