Shōgun Season 2: Everything We Know So Far

I thought I was on the edge of my seat during the Shōgun finale, but the promise of two more seasons has me on a razor’s edge. Last month, Variety reported that Hiroyuki Sanada signed a deal with FX to return as Lord Toranaga. Now co-creators Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo announced that they’re already in the early stages of writing the next seasons. Given that we didn’t expect to see any more episodes after the season 1 finale, I’m beyond excited. “There’s a lot of chaos, but creative chaos,” Kondo told The Hollywood Reporter. “We’re throwing everything that we have at the wall, seeing what sticks. It’s been exciting and nerve-racking because, obviously, this is uncharted territory—we don’t have a road map, we just have history.”According to the married couple, they’ve been touring Japan and working with James Clavell’s estate to learn how he used real-life events and characters for his celebrated novel. “There’s a lot of great conspiracy theory in history, a lot of… Click below to read the full story from Esquire
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