<P> On May 5, 2017, Murphy announced via his Instagram account that Max Greenfield joined the casting, by publishing a photo of Greenfield and Criss on the set . On June 21, 2017, it was announced that Finn Wittrock will star in The Assassination of Gianni Versace, playing Jeffrey Trail, Cunanan's first victim . </P> <P> In November 2017, the official Twitter account for the series revealed that Judith Light and Dascha Polanco are part of the cast . In December 2017, the official webpage for the series released cast and character bios revealing that Max Greenfield would play Ronnie, whilst confirming the casting of Judith Light as Marilyn Miglin, Dascha Polanco as Detective Lori Wieder, Jon Jon Briones as Modesto Cunanan, Cody Fern as David Madson, and Mike Farrell as Lee Miglin . </P> <P> According to multiple set reports and photos, principal photography of season 2 took place at the beginning of May 2017, in Miami . As revealed by Darren Criss via his Twitter account, shooting ended during the week of November 13 . </P> <P> In September 2017, FX released the first promotional teaser for The Assassination of Gianni Versace, showing doves sitting outside Versace's former mansion and flying away when two gunshots ring out . A second teaser was released that same month, depicting Versace's sister Donatella placing flowers on a casket . In October, a new teaser was released, depicting some police radio communications as a black clothes cover, with the name Versace on it, is being closed . The same month, a second teaser was released, showing Donatella kissing the stairs where Gianni was murdered, before entering in his mansion . On Halloween day, FX aired a new promotional video during a commercial break of the ninth episode of American Horror Story: Cult, which announced that the season would premiere on January 17, 2018 . </P>

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