Ryan Murphy spills beans about 'American Horror Story' season 8

American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy has revealed the FX horror anthology's next edition will be set in the future.

The announcement was made during the Television Critics Association's semi-annual press tour in Pasadena, reported Entertainment Weekly.

"All I'll say about it is I want to go to the future still topical, but the future, which I've never done," Murphy said.

No casting announcements have been made yet.

Murphy clarified that it is definitely not set in space. He added that when he narrated the idea to FX boss John Landgraf he fell out of his chair with joy.

"I think people will like it, it’s different from what we’ve done before, but I always try and do the opposite of what I’ve done on that show," Murphy continued.

Talking about season nine, which will be a crossover between AHS: Murder House (season 1) and AHS: Coven (season 3), Murphy said that he would like Connie Britton, Dylan McDermott, Kathy Bates to come back to the series. 

"I want Dylan, and Connie and Jessica (Lange). They’ve all said — Kathy Bates, too — everybody who is involved in the show has always said, ‘Yeah, that sounds like fun, let’s get the band back together again.’ So that is one of the reasons why the writing process of that season is taking longer because it’s literally 25 people’s schedules. But I’m hopeful they will all be back.”

Murphy is gearing up for the second season of his another anthology series, American Crime Story. The second season focuses on the assassination of fashion designer Gianni Versace.

(With agencies input)