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Shooting for American Horror Story Season 10 (working title: Pilgrim) was originally scheduled to begin in Provincetown over March-April 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic caused major filming delays. 

Sources at Cape Cod Times have now confirmed that scenes for the upcoming season will be shot in P-Town between the months of February-March 2021:

Producer Ryan Murphy’s company is looking to film on the Cape’s tip early next year for what appears to be the 10th season of American Horror Story. 

The town received an application for a film permit from 20th Century Fox to film “Pilgrim,” a Ryan Murphy production, in February or March, according to Provincetown tourism director Anthony Fuccillo.

Little is known about how Provincetown — the original landing place of the pilgrims in 1920 — plays into the plot of the upcoming season, though hints from show creator Ryan Murphy seem to suggest a winter setting. 

An early report from Cape Cod Times earlier this year also provided some interesting details as to what the production team plan to shoot in P-Town:

They seek to film at the end of March and in April at various spots, including dunes, beaches, streets and private properties in town, Tourism Director Anthony Fuccillo said.

The list of locations has fluctuated — at times including more than 17 spots — but still has not been finalized, he said.

On Wednesday, location scout Tiffany Kinder went before the Cemetery Commission to talk about shooting in one of the town’s cemeteries.

The commission asked that the production be respectful to the deceased and follow cemetery rules.

“I’ve filmed in a lot of cemeteries over the years, so obviously we understand how sensitive it is and how one needs to be respectful,” Kinder said.

Kinder, who has signed a nondisclosure agreement, could not talk about specifics of the show but did give the commission some context on what 20th Century Fox wanted to do in a cemetery.

“We’re not zooming in on any stone or anyone’s resting place,” she said. “It’s a location, and people are literally walking through the cemetery and being followed and then we pop out on to the street and start walking up the street.”

Expected to air in Fall 2021, filming for American Horror Story Season 10 began on the FOX Studio Lot in Los Angeles, California on December 2. The story itself, however, is known to be set (at least partly) in Provincetown.