Joan Collins, in her American Horror Story debut, will play Peters’ character’s grandmother, while Emma Roberts will reprise her role as witch Madison Montgomery.
Evan Peters who, like Paulson, has featured in each AHS season, will also return, assuming the role of a comic hairdresser and directing one episode.
Sarah Paulson, who has starred in every season of the show, will return for its eighth instalment, and will direct its sixth episode.
That it will be based in late 2019 suggests that, like season 7’s Cult, it could be rooted in the current political landscape.