The 'Scream 4' star and the 'Prom Night' actress land lead roles on FOX's horror-comedy 'Scream Queens', which has received a series order.
- Dec 9, 2014
AceShowbiz - Two renowned actresses will join forces for Ryan Murphy's new anthology series. Emma Roberts and Jamie Lee Curtis have been cast in leading roles on "Scream Queens", a horror-comedy created by Murphy and his "Glee" co-creators Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan. Their roles are not revealed yet.
Roberts has starred on two installments of Murphy's "American Horror Story": "Coven" and the currently airing "Freak Show". As for Curtis who is known for her roles in John Carpenter's "Halloween", "The Fog", "Prom Night", "Terror Train" and "True Lies", she has guest starred on "NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" and "New Girl".
"Scream Queens" has been ordered for 15-episode season 1 by FOX. The first season will center on a college campus rocked by several murders. Production is scheduled to begin next spring for a premiere in fall 2015.
"I knew I wanted to work with Brad and Ian again on something comedic, and we are having a blast writing 'Scream Queens'," Murphy said when FOX ordered the show to series in October. "We hope to create a whole new genre - comedy-horror - and the idea is for every season to revolve around two female leads. We've already begun a nationwide search for those women, as well as 10 other supporting roles, and we're very grateful to Dana (Walden) and Gary (Newman) for their enthusiastic support."
