According to reports from the screening of the second season finale of American Horror Story on January 17th, the third series will be a romance set in contemporary times.

Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters will again be involved with the third year, as will Jessica Lange, playing a “really glamour-cat sort of lady.”

“I’m just now meeting with a lot of actors, so I don’t want to say too much, but they’re actors Jessica wants to work with – so she’s sort of become a non-credited producer on season three, because she loves doing the show,” co-creator Ryan Murphy told reporters.

“I always start off with things that I’ve always been obsessed with,” the producer explained. “The season that we’re just about to do is another thing like that asylum thing that I was always really interested in as a kid. I come up with the story, and it’s obviously always now crafted around Jessica, for the most part. Before I talk to anybody, I go to her and tell her what the story is and tell her what the character is and she has input. This year, she said, ‘I would like to work with X, Y, Z,’ people she’s always wanted to work with.

“You’re going to see a very different tone in season three, but that’s the joy of the show,” Murphy added. “I think as a person right now I do feel lighter and wanting to embrace something a little bit more fun.”