Shōgun follows "the collision of two ambitious men from different worlds and a mysterious female samurai: John Blackthorne, a risk-taking English sailor who ends up shipwrecked in Japan, a land whose unfamiliar culture will ultimately redefine him; Lord Toranaga, a shrewd, powerful daimyo, at odds with his own dangerous, political rivals; and Lady Mariko, a woman with invaluable skills but dishonorable family ties, who must prove her value and allegiance".[1]
During the Television Critics Association's annual summer press tour in August 2018, FX announced to make a new adaptation of Shogun and had given the production a straight-to-series order. Executive producers were expected to include Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, Michael De Luca, Michaela Clavell, Tim Van Patten, Eugene Kelly, and Ronan Bennett. Rachel Bennette is set as a supervising producer, Tom Winchester as a producer, Georgina Pope as a co-producer, and Eriko Miyagawa as an associate producer. Patten will also direct for the series as Bennett will also write. FX Productions and DNA Television are slated to serve as production companies for the series. Sanada serves as a Producer. The 10-episode limited series is produced by FX Productions.[1][2]
Filming[]
Principal photography for the series was scheduled to commence in March 2019 in Japan and the United Kingdom,[3] but was delayed because the network felt that the production wasn't in good enough shape and that they wanted to aim higher.[4] In January 2020, it was revealed that after original writer Ronan Bennett was no longer available to keep working on scripts, they started over from scratch with new writer and executive producer Justin Marks, working alongside his wife, supervising producer Rachel Kondo. The series’ writing team also includes co-executive producer Shannon Goss, consulting producer Matt Lambert, script editor Maegan Houang and staff writer Emily Yoshida.[5] Principal photography for the series began on September 22, 2021, in Vancouver, and is expected to last until at least April 22, 2022.[6][7]
