Darren Criss, who won an Emmy Award for his performance on Ryan Muprhy's FX drama The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, will return to the Murphy fold for Hollywood.
Criss, who first found fame on Murphy's Glee, tweeted about the news and his upcoming role as executive producer on the series, as well.
Honored to say that I’m heading back to the House of Murphy where I’ll be starring in but also executive producing HOLLYWOOD with Time’s King of Television. pic.twitter.com/w3L5oARTUW
— Darren Criss (@DarrenCriss) September 6, 2019
A look back at the Golden Age of moviemaking, Hollywood is anticipated to debut on the streaming service in May 2020 as part of Murphy's deal with Netflix, which includes this month’s The Politician, starring Ben Platt. Also due from Murphy in 2020 are the film adaptations of The Boys in the Band (starring the recent Broadway cast) and The Prom, featuring Nicole Kidman and Meryl Streep.
Also set for the series are Patti LuPone and Holland Taylor.