Promo Teaser for AMERICAN CRIME STORY: THE PEOPLE V. OJ SIMPSON
Fox has released the first promo teaser for Ryan Murphy’s new true crime anthology series, American Crime Story: The People v. OJ Simpson. The series has a solid cast that includes Cuba Gooding Jr. as OJ Simpson, John Travolta as Robert Shapiro, David Schwimmer as Robert Kardashian, and Sarah Paulson as Marcia Clark.
The chilling short promo focuses on Nicole Brown Simpson’s dog, who was the only witness to the murders. The dog is shown barking outside of Simpsons’ condo on Bundy Drive in Brentwood, where Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were brutally stabbed to death in 1994.
Based on the book The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin, the limited series is a look at the O.J. Simpson trial told from the perspective of the lawyers. It explores the chaotic behind-the-scenes dealings and maneuvering on both sides of the court, and how a combination of prosecution overconfidence, defense shrewdness, and the LAPD’s history with the city’s African-American community gave a jury what it needed: reasonable doubt.
Production of the FX limited series is currently underway in Los Angeles. Emmy® and Golden Globe® award winning producer and Emmy Award winning Director Ryan Murphy (American Horror Story, The Normal Heart) directed the first episode and serves as Executive Producer, along with Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski and Brad Falchuk. American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson is written by Golden Globe-winning producers Alexander and Karaszewski (Big Eyes, The People v. Larry Flynt). American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson is produced by Fox 21 Television Studios and FX Productions.
The series will premiere sometime in February 2016 on FX.