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'American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson' reveals cast photos

The new FX anthology series is scheduled to premiere in 2016.

By Annie Martin
Cuba Gooding, Jr. stars as O.J. Simpson in a first 'American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson' photo. File photo by John Angelillo/UPI
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LOS ANGELES, May 22 (UPI) -- American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson revealed its first cast photos Thursday.

Cuba Gooding, Jr. stars as the titular murder suspect, with David Schwimmer as defense attorney Robert Kardashian and Sarah Paulson as head prosecutor Marcia Clark.

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John Travolta, Courtney B. Vance and Billy Magnussen are also pictured as defense attorney Robert Shapiro, defense attorney Johnnie Cochran and witness Kato Kaelin. The photos debuted on EW, and were later shared by series co-creator Larry Karaszewski.

The new FX drama will examine the trial of former college and NFL star O.J. Simpson. The retired football player was accused of murdering wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Lyle Goldman in 1994, but acquitted of the crime in 1995.

Connie Britton and Selma Blair will co-star as Nicole Brown Simpson's friends Faye Resnick and Kris Jenner, the latter of whom is also ex-wife to Robert Kardashian. Steven Pasquale is attached as then-LAPD detective Mark Fuhrman.

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