Sneak Peek: The Beauty

Disney+ has revealed the official trailer for The Beauty, the new FX international thriller from mega-producer Ryan Murphy (Monster, American Horror Story).

The 11-part series has an unusual release strategy: it will bow on January 22 with three episodes, followed by a new episode each Thursday until the last two weeks, when two episodes will roll out weekly.

Murphy co-wrote The Beauty, which is based on the comic book series written by Jeremy Haun and Jason A. Hurley. Both were consultants on the series and Haun also executive produced.

It’s billed as “a global thriller that asks: what would you sacrifice for perfection?” Reads the blurb:

In FX’s The Beauty, the world of high fashion turns dark when international supermodels begin dying in gruesome and mysterious ways. FBI Agents Cooper Madsen (Evan Peters) and Jordan Bennett (Rebecca Hall) are sent to Paris to uncover the truth. As they delve deeper into the case, they uncover a sexually transmitted virus that transforms ordinary people into visions of physical perfection, but with terrifying consequences.

Their path leads them directly into the crosshairs of The Corporation (Ashton Kutcher), a shadowy tech billionaire who has secretly engineered a miracle drug dubbed “The Beauty,” who will do anything to protect his trillion-dollar empire—including unleashing his lethal enforcer, The Assassin (Anthony Ramos).  As the epidemic spreads, Jeremy (Jeremy Pope), a desperate outsider, is caught in the chaos, searching for purpose as the agents race across Paris, Venice, Rome, and New York to stop a threat that could alter the future of humanity.

Guest stars include Amelia Gray Hamlin, Ari Graynor, Bella Hadid, Ben Platt, Billy Eichner, Isabella Rossellini, Jaquel Spivey, Jessica Alexander, Jon Jon Briones, John Carroll Lynch, Julie Halston, Lux Pascal, Meghan Trainor, Nicola Peltz Beckham, Peter Gallagher and Vincent D’Onofrio.