In a shock piece of stories, Deadline is reporting that Shogun star Hiroyuki Sanada has signed a deal to return for a second season of the collection, which FX is presently making an attempt to develop.
Sanada starred within the collection as Lord Yoshii Toranaga, who was the primary character of the collection. Shogun adopted Toranaga’s journey to turn into shōgun and lead Japan. Deadline notes that different offers are nonetheless being labored on and finalized, however the plan is to try to deliver again Shogun for a second season following the reward its obtained upon premiering.
It’s unclear precisely what precisely the second season can be about, as the primary season coated the contents of the e-book that it was primarily based on, ending equally to the place the 1975 James Clavell novel did.
Following its premiere, Shogun shortly turned successful collection for FX, and was the corporate’s most-watched premiere throughout numerous streaming platforms.
Shogun co-creator expressed willingness to do extra
Final month, chatting with The Hollywood Reporter, co-creator and showrunner Justin Marks was requested about whether or not or not a second season of the collection might occur. Marks hinted that they’d be up for it if they may consider one thing, but in addition expressed hesitancy that they may transcend the unique novel’s concepts.
“I don’t know. I maintain saying it’s like we need to let everybody be on the identical web page in terms of the e-book,” stated Marks. “And hopefully now the TV viewers and the e-book viewers are on the identical web page with what the story is and the place it resolves. I feel if we had a narrative, if we might discover a story, we might be open to it. However I don’t suppose that anybody ever needs to be out over their skis and not using a roadmap and all the things. And it’s additionally nearly, do folks need extra of it?”
