Darren Criss Reunites With Ryan Murphy On Netflix Series Hollywood As Star & Executive Producer

Darren Criss is sticking with Ryan Murphy. Criss, who starred in Murphy’s Glee and the second season of his American Crime Story limited series, will headline and executive produce Hollywood, a new show that Murphy is setting up at Netflix.

Few details are known about the series, which Murphy calls “a love letter to the Golden Age of Tinseltown.” He co-created the series with frequent collaborator Ian Brennan. Principal photography got underway this summer and Netflix must be confident in the show because it received a straight-to-series-order at the streamer.

Darren Criss posted the following on his Instagram page about the project:

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Honored to say that I’m heading back to the House of Murphy where I’ll be starring in but also executive producing HOLLYWOOD with Time’s King of Television. Late last year, @mrrpmurphy and I had dinner where he shared that he wanted to do a period piece that was young and optimistic. We landed on the idea of a series covering several narratives from 1940s Hollywood. We both left that evening feeling super excited about its potential. Two days later Netflix bought it. Not only is that a testament to the magic of Ryan Murphy, it’s a reminder of the kind of thing that can only happen in Hollywood…literally. Limited Series coming to @netflix May 2020.

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Criss is quite busy at the moment. He is also starring in, executive producing and writing the music for Royalties, a musical comedy series for Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman’s short-form video platform Quibi.

Criss won Emmy, Golden Globe, SAG and Critics’ Choice awards for his portrayal of Andrew Cunanan in Murphy’s award-winning The Assassination of Gianni Versace. He also received an Emmy nomination in 2015 for best original music and lyrics for the song “This Time.”