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FX and Hulu are working to continue the acclaimed series.
May 16, 2024
FX announced today that two additional seasons of Shogun are currently in the works. Stopping short of calling it a renewal, the network stated that along with Hulu and the Estate of James Clavell, they are working to extend the global hit drama.
Originally billed as a limited series, the show premiered in February with a 10-episode run that garnered high praise from both critics and viewers alike. Through its first nine weeks, it became FX's most-watched show ever based on global hours streamed.
Today's announcement confirmed that the show's key creative partners including Co-Creators, Executive Producers and Writers Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo, Executive Producer Michaela Clavell, and series star and producer Hiroyuki Sanada are on board for the development. No timing for production has been set, but a writers' room is slated to begin this summer. The intention is to develop the story and characters into a saga that will likely yield two additional seasons.
Adapted from James Clavell's bestselling novel, Shogun is set in 1600 Japan, at the dawn of a century-defining civil war. Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him. When a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village, its English pilot, John Blackthorne, bring secrets that could help Toranaga tip the scales of power and devastate the formidable influence of Blackthorne's own enemies - the Jesuit priests and Portuguese merchants.
Comments (10)
07/21/24 at 10:35pm
Hurry and make more episodes. I’m enjoying this series.
05/19/24 at 07:46pm
They are just going to milk this until it becomes unwatchable. To me this has ended so i won't be watching these extras.
05/19/24 at 07:56am
Gee, Martin, two of the characters that made the biggest difference to the outcome of the story were women. I have no idea why that should be a bad thing, but I expect you might feel that that was "woke" (whatever the heck you feel that means).
05/19/24 at 02:53am
Leave well enough alone.
But no, FX has to cash in.
But no, FX has to cash in.
05/18/24 at 11:26am
If its not following the book it will be woke as hell, muddled, boring and best not to even try.
05/17/24 at 07:09pm
... not into reading tv...
05/17/24 at 04:14am
I agree with SuddenlySandor. Clavell's other books are well worth a similar treatment, especially the earlier (set further back in history) ones in the series. We all know what happened to Game of Thrones when the television writers went beyond where George RR Martin's writings had ended...
05/17/24 at 03:08am
This show was lightning in a bottle a perfect version of the classic shogun . But desperate disney probably were shocked to actually have a hit on their hands . I can hear the board room now rush out and find me writers to make season 2 for a MODERN audience!!! So if you loved season 1 don't get excited for season 2 disney is going to disney this thing right into the ground
05/17/24 at 00:03am
This is an awful idea, they should just adapt teh other books instead.
05/16/24 at 09:36pm
One of the greatest miniseries ever. It was brilliant. Why make more?
