Ryan Murphy's The Beauty: Release Date, Cast & How to Watch the Horror Series
The Beauty: Release Date, Cast & How to Watch on Disney+

Acclaimed producer Ryan Murphy is set to unleash his latest television creation, a chilling sci-fi horror series titled The Beauty, which is just days away from its highly anticipated premiere. The show, based on a comic book series, boasts a star-studded cast and a premise that promises glamour with gruesome consequences.

How and When to Watch The Beauty

The Beauty will make its global debut on Disney+ on Thursday, January 22. For viewers in the United States, it will also be available to watch on the FX network. The streaming platform will drop the first three episodes immediately, with subsequent instalments following a weekly release schedule.

The episode rollout is planned as follows, ensuring fans have a steady stream of suspense:

  • January 22 - Episodes 1, 2, and 3
  • January 29 - Episode 4
  • February 5 - Episode 5
  • February 12 - Episode 6
  • February 19 - Episode 7
  • February 26 - Episodes 8 and 9
  • March 5 - Episodes 10 and 11

A Sinister Plot for Perfection

The series plunges into the dark underbelly of the high-fashion world. The official synopsis reveals that FBI Agents Cooper Madsen (Evan Peters) and Jordan Bennett (Rebecca Hall) are dispatched to Paris to investigate a series of mysterious and brutal deaths among international supermodels.

Their investigation leads them to a terrifying discovery: a sexually transmitted virus that transforms ordinary people into visions of physical perfection, but with horrifying side effects. The trail points directly to a shadowy tech billionaire known as "The Corporation" (Ashton Kutcher), who has engineered a miracle drug dubbed "The Beauty" to protect his trillion-dollar empire. He employs a lethal enforcer, "The Assassin" (Anthony Ramos), to eliminate any threats.

As the epidemic spreads, a desperate outsider named Jeremy (Jeremy Pope) is caught in the chaos. The agents race across global cities including Paris, Venice, Rome, and New York to stop a pandemic that could alter the future of humanity.

Star-Studded Cast and Record-Breaking Hype

The series features an impressive ensemble cast led by Evan Peters, Anthony Ramos, Jeremy Pope, Ashton Kutcher, and Rebecca Hall. They are joined by a host of familiar faces including Bella Hadid, Ben Platt, Billy Eichner, Isabella Rossellini, Peter Gallagher, Vincent D’Onofrio, Meghan Trainor, and Nicola Peltz Beckham.

Hype for the show has reached fever pitch, fuelled by a recently released trailer. The teaser, which provocatively states "One shot makes you hot", has already broken records by becoming the most-viewed trailer in FX's history, signalling massive audience anticipation for the series' launch.

Ryan Murphy's The Beauty poses a haunting question at the intersection of science, vanity, and horror: what would you truly sacrifice for perfection? Audiences can begin to uncover the terrifying answer when the series premieres this week.