Shogun Renewed for Two More Seasons
This Hiroyuki Sanada starrer is no longer a limited series.
(SPOT.ph) Breakout US series Shōgun is coming for two more seasons following its success in the ratings, its creators have announced.
The date for its next season premiere has yet to be revealed but FX and Hulu have announced the show has been renewed beyond its initial 10-episode outing, The Hollywood Reporter said.
Shogun is a miniseries no more
Based on the best-selling 1975 novel of Australian born author James Clavell, Shōgun’s next two seasons will go beyond the pages of the book. Writers are said to start work soon in collaboration with the late author’s estate.
The epic series, which premiered in February and wrapped up on April 23, is set in Japan in the year 1600, a time of upheaval and power struggle. Without giving away spoilers for those who haven’t seen it yet, FX’s teaser on the series says it will take viewers to a time where “outcomes of an era-defining civil war teeter on a katana’s edge, samurai live and die by the rule of honor, and fates transform with every turn.”
Its star-producer Hiroyuki Sanada, of The Last Samurai and 47 Ronin fame, is coming back to reprise his role of Lord Yoshii Toranaga, among the show’s lead characters that was based on real-life shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu. Shōgun is also the first producer stint for Sanada, one of Japan’s most esteemed actors.
Asked earlier about the possibility of another season, Sanada said on CNN there’s still “real history” to be told.
Why this Shogun is an authentic adaptation
The 2024 hit is the second TV adaptation of Shōgun, following the 1980 Paramount series of the same name, which told the story from the perspective of the other key character in Clavell’s novel, English navigator John Blackthorne.
This time,Shōgun's creators endeavored to make a show that is faithful to history, getting Japanese actors and consultants on board to ensure its authenticity.
Speaking about the show in an interview released by FX parent company Disney, Shōgun executive producer Justin Marks said: “In this day and age where the reach of a television show is very global, we’re trying to scratch at something that isn’t being made specifically with one culture’s audience in mind.”
Shogun is the most watched FX series in history, logging over 9 million global views when it premiered on February 27. All episodes can be streamed in the Philippines exclusively via Disney Plus.
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