FX has set the premiere date for its new dance musical series Pose, which will debut on Sunday, June 3, 2018.
Pose
was co-created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Steven Canals, with
Murphy
directing the first two episodes. The series is executive produced by
Murphy, Falchuk, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Alexis Martin Woodall and
Sherry Marsh. Canals is a co-executive producer, and Janet Mock, Our
Lady J and Erica Kay also serve as producers.
The eight-episode first season is produced by Fox 21 Television Studios
and FX Productions.
Set in the 1980s,
Pose explores the juxtaposition of several segments of life and
society in New York: the ball culture world, the rise of the luxury
Trump-era universe and the downtown social and literary scene. Evan
Peters and Kate Mara play New Jersey couple “Stan”
and “Patty,” who get sucked into the glamour and intrigue of New York
City in the 1980s. James Van Der Beek plays Peters’ financial kingpin
boss “Matt.”
After an extensive six-month nationwide search helmed by award-winning casting director Alexa Fogel (Atlanta), Murphy and his collaborators are making television
history by assembling the largest cast of transgender actors in series regular
roles ever for a scripted series, as well as the largest recurring cast
of LGBTQ actors ever for a scripted
series. The transgender cast includes Mj Rodriguez, Dominique Jackson,
Indya Moore, Hailie Sahar and Angelica Ross. Also co-starring are
Tony Award winner Billy Porter, Charlayne Woodard as well as newcomers
Ryan Jamaal Swain and Dyllon Burnside.