American Crime Story is set to revolve around the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal in a future season.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, show-runner Ryan Murphy has obtained the rights to Jeffrey Toobin’s book A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President with an eye to turn it into a future season.
The first season of the anthology drama centered around the OJ Simpson trial picked up many awards, including an Emmy for outstanding limited series.
Murphy is reportedly setting up meetings with actors to play Lewinsky, the former White House staffer who had an affair with then US president Bill Clinton, and Linda Tripp, her colleague, recorded many of the damning conversations she had with Lewinsky.
If it does come together, it would follow on from two seasons of the show that have already been confirmed. Next up, Murphy will cover the fallout from Hurricane Katrina, and a subsequent season will be focused on the murder of Gianni Versace. Production on both seasons is already under way.
Murphy is also set to premiere his new show Feud, which will take on a famous rift in each season. The first will focus on Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. He also remains in charge of American Horror Story, which just received a two-season renewal.
