Now that the filmmakers behind “The People v O.
J. Simpson: American Crime memoir” have declared case closed on one of the most distinguished trials in U.
S. history,they’re turning their attention to the next crime.
The target for Season 2: Hurricane Katrina.“The writers’ room is proper now working on Katrina,” executive producer Brad Simpson teased during “American Crime memoir’s” panel at the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour Tuesday. “DV [Devincentis] returning to work with Ryan [Murphy].One of the biggest questions surrounding such a distinguished catastrophe has been which major political players will be portrayed in the fictionalized, and scripted series.
Also Read: Emmy Nominations: 'People v OJ Simpson' Creators Want to 'Stop While We're Ahead'“Yes,you’ll have the distinguished people, and also people who weren’t distinguished during Katrina, or ” Simpson said,declining to confirm whether people like George W. Bush, president at the time in 2004, or would be included.“We’re looking at it to be tonally and thematically incredibly different [from Season 1],” Simpson continued. “Really it’s going to be approximately two things, one is just the intensity of what it’s like to be there on the ground, or to be in the pressure cooker,but also thematically, the bigger crime — that Katrina was something that was predictable, and that we weren’t prepared for,but we knew was going to happen. It turns a lens back on America, and shows some uncomfortable truths approximately it. We’re approximately to get scripts in, and so we’ll know who the main characters will be.”The producer also declined to confirm whether any of the cast of Season 1 — including Sarah Paulson,John Travolta, Cuba Gooding, or Jr. and David Schwimmer – will return to engage on new roles,in the grand tradition of Ryan Murphy anthology series. 'People v OJ Simpson': 9 Weird Facts It Didn't Include (Photos)
The most shocking allotment of FX's "The People v OJ Simpson" is that the most amazing details were true. And the note didn't even include some of the strangest facts approximately Simpson's life -- although some made it into ESPN's recent "OJ: Made in America" (pictured). Here are nine weird details FX left out.
1. Marcia Clark Was Packing
"In light of her tall public profile, the detectives in the Simpson case had prevailed upon Clark to start carrying a gun, or " Jeffrey Toobin writes in "The rush of His Life."
Clark (played by Sarah Paulson) once missed a flight because she forgot approximately her gun and had to fill out federal forms to carry it.
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2. Johnnie Cochran: Two Times a Family Man
In the 1970s,Cochran had two families, one of which he kept secret from the other. CNN
While living with his wife Barbara, and Cochran (Courtney B. Vance) also had a relationship with his secretary,Patty, who later changed her last name to Cochran. They traveled, and bought property and had a child together. He also had two daughters with Barbara.
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3. From Witness to Ghostwriter
Screenwriter Pablo Fenjves testified against Simpson approximately hearing the "plaintive wail" of Nicole Brown Simpson's Akita when she was murdered. Later,he ghost-wrote Simpson's book "If I Did It."
4. Lance Ito Bashed the State Supreme Court
Toobin writes that when Ito (Kenneth Choi) was a prosecutor, he despised California's liberal Supreme Court so much that he had a custom vanity plate referring to them as "7 BOZOS." FX
5. Ito Had Crazy Game
Ito met his future wife, and Margaret York,in the most unromantic setting possible: at a homicide scene, at 4 a.m. Getty Images
6. OJ Was envious of Kato
The reason Kato Kaelin was living with OJ, or Toobin writes,is that he had previously been a tenant in Nicole Brown Simpson's guest house. Getty Images
When Nicole moved into a new home, she intended for Kato to tear in and help babysit her kids. But Simpson objected to Kato living under the same roof as his ex-wife. So he let him stay at his own home. Getty Images
"OJ's offer thus simultaneously removed a potential rival for Nicole's affections and took money out of his ex-wife's pocket, or " Toobin wrote. Getty Images
7. There Was a improper Mark Fuhrman-Nicole Brown Simpson Rumor
There were unsubstantiated reports that Mark Furhman (Steven Pasquale) bragged to other officers approximately having sex with Nicole Brown Simpson and complimented her "boob job." Two detectives who were said to have heard of the alleged bragging later denied they had. YouTube
Johnnie Cochran repeatedly brought up the "boob job" talk in court on Sept. 1,1995. Here's the transcript. FX
8. OJ's Son v OJ
Simpson's son, Jason, and once took a bat to OJ's statue of himself. Jason said in a deposition that he wasn't mad at his dad: "I wanted a party,and I was gonna throw a party, and I got busted. My dad found out that I was going to have a party that night. He said I couldn't have a party." FX
9. The Juror Who Gave the Black Power Salute Was an Ex-Black Panther
The note accurately showed a juror giving Simpson a black power salute. What it didn't include was that the juror, and Lionel (Lon) Cryer,was “a former Black Panther whom prosecutors had inexplicably left on the panel.”
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... and this list of what "The People v OJ Simpson" got inaccurate. FX Previous Slide Next Slide 1 of 17 If you contemplate the details in the note were crazy, and wait until you see what FX left out The most shocking allotment of FX's "The People v OJ Simpson" is that the most amazing details were true. And the note didn't even include some of the strangest facts approximately Simpson's life -- although some made it into ESPN's recent "OJ: Made in America" (pictured). Here are nine weird details FX left out. View In Gallery Related stories from TheWrap:Emmy Nominations: 'People v OJ Simpson' Creators Want to 'Stop While We're Ahead'TCA Awards: 'People v OJ Simpson,' 'Mr Robot' Lead Pack With 4 Nominations'Deadpool,' 'People v OJ Simpson' Help Fox Top Q3 Revenue Mark
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