'That kind of got stalled': American Crime Story: Katrina director Anthony Hemingway reveals prep 'hasn't started' on show

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Producing director Anthony Hemingway has divulged that American Crime Story: Katrina, the third entry of Ryan Murphy's anthology series has 'stalled'.

Though the season about Hurricane Katrina was originally meant to air before the Versace one, Deadline reported last month that this order had been flipped. 

Hemingway dished toThe Hollywood Reporter: 'We're all standing by waiting to find out what's happening. Nothing has really been done. We haven't started prep on it at all.' 

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State of affairs: Producing director Anthony Hemingway has divulged that American Crime Story: Katrina, the third entry of Ryan Murphy's anthology series, 'just kind of got stalled' 

Meanwhile, the projected second season of American Crime Story, which has been entitled The Assassination Of Gianni Versace, has been filming away in Miami. 

With the Katrina season's shoot bumped to next year, 'Talks with' actors meant to be in it - names like Matthew Broderick, Annette Bening and Dennis Quaid - 'are underway' to see if their schedules can be reconciled with the switch.

On the subject of whether American Crime Story: Katrina may wind up getting scuppered altogether, Anthony said: 'Who knows. It's all up to Ryan Murphy.'

'We haven't started prep on it at all': He dished to The Hollywood Reporter that 'We're all standing by waiting to find out what's happening' and that 'Nothing has really been done'

Penelope Cruz as Donatella: Meanwhile, the projected second season of American Crime Story, entitled The Assassination Of Gianni Versace, has been filming in Miami

He attributed the hold-up in part to 'bird in hand syndrome,' which is to say the Versace season 'needed a lot of attention, so I think [Ryan] just made the decision to do that. Instead of do what was intended, which was doing them parallel at the same time, he chose to do them one at a time,' Anthony's explained.

Assuming the Katrina season gets made, Anthony's ability to stay on is 'all on timing. If the timing works out, great. If not, you got to sometimes unfortunately miss out on things. There's so much greatness going on - you want to do it all but you can't.'

Anthony had directed five episodes of the critically exalted American Crime Story: The People V. O.J. Simpson, about the titular media frenzy double-murder case.

Gianni himself: Though the season about Hurricane Katrina was originally meant to air before the Versace one, Deadline reported last month that this order had been flipped

Questions: With the Katrina season's shoot bumped to next year, 'Talks with' actors meant to be in it - e.g. Matthew Broderick, Annette Bening and Dennis Quaid - 'are underway'

Airing last year, that show wound up winning nine Emmys out of a formidable 22 nominations, its victories including the category of Outstanding Limited Series.

As The Hollywood Reporter pointed out, Ryan spoke to them last January - when Katrina was to be season two - and preened that 'I want this show to be a socially conscious, socially aware examination of different types of crime around the world.'

He held that 'in my opinion, Katrina was a f***ing crime - a crime against a lot of people who didn’t have a strong voice and we’re going to treat it as a crime.'

'Who knows': On the subject of whether American Crime Story: Katrina may wind up getting scuppered altogether, Anthony's said that 'It's all up to Ryan Murphy' (pictured)

Gianni Versace, who launched his eponymous company in 1978, was shot dead outside his mansion in Miami Beach in on July 5, 1997 when he was 50 years old.

Eight days later, the culprit, California-born serial killer Andrew Cunanan, committed suicide by gunshot on a houseboat when he himself was 27 years of age.

After Gianni's death, his shattered younger sister Donatella - played by Penelope Cruz on the show - rose to become Versace's creative director, while Gianni and Donatella's brother Santo assumed the position of CEO.

Background: Anthony had directed five episodes of American Crime Story: The People V. O.J. Simpson, with a cast including Cuba Gooding, Jr. (left) and Courtney B. Vance (right)

Garlanded: Airing last year, that show wound up winning nine Emmys out of a formidable 22 nominations, its victories including the category of Outstanding Limited Series

The new TV version's based on the 1999 Maureen Orth book Vulgar Favors: Andrew Cunanan, Gianni Versace, And The Largest Failed Manhunt In U.S. History.

In February, The Hollywood Reporter revealed both that Darren Criss is playing Andrew and that Edgar Ramirez will take the title role of the late designer.

Come April, Variety were heralding the casting of pop singer Ricky Martin as Antonio D'Amico, Gianni's longtime boyfriend who'd dated him up to the time of his death.

Plus Ricky Martin's in it: In February, The Hollywood Reporter revealed Edgar Ramirez (pictured) will play Gianni Versace in the pertinent American Crime Story season