"American Horror Story" producer Ryan Murphy will be adding a spin-off miniseries to FX.
Like AHS, "American Crime will be produced as an anthology series with each season focused on a different real-life crime story.
The first 10-episode installment will be titles "The People V. O.J. Simpson," based on Jeffrey Toobin's best selling book "The Run of His Like: The People v. O.J Simpson."
The spin-off will take a look at the O.J. Simpson trial told from the perspective of the lawyers, and is poised to explore the chaotic behind-the-scenes dealings and maneuvering on both sides of the court.
It will also display how a combination of prosecution confidence, defense wiliness and the LAPD's history with the city's African-American community gave a jury what it needed: reasonable doubt.
"American Crime" started at Fox and was being developed as a limited series written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (The People vs. Larry Flint).
The writing duo will move with the entry to FX, alongside original producers Brad Simpson and Nina Jacobson.
AHS co-creator Brad Falchuk and Dante Di Loreto the creatives as Executive Producers, with Murphy also set to direct.
Production for the series is expected to start early 2015 in Los Angeles.
"Time and time again, Ryan Murphy has transformed the medium of television by redefining genres and formats as he did with Nip/Tuck, Glee and the American Horror Story franchise, and we expect the same of American Crime Story," said FX Networks CEO John Landgraf. "Scott and Larry have adapted Jeffrey Toobin's book into a masterful 10-hour piece. I have no doubt that Ryan and his partners, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Brad Falchuk, and Dante Di Loreto are going to make something very memorable here - and that it will be a spectacular first entry in what is destined to become a series of great true crime-based miniseries."
