More “Shōgun” is in the works.
The hit FX for Hulu series is in development in two more seasons; “Shōgun” was originally announced as a limited series.
Co-creators, executive producers, and writers Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo would return for Seasons 2 and 3, which FX says are now “likely” to happen, along with executive producer Michaela Clavell and series star and producer Hiroyuki Sanada. Production has not been set as the additional seasons have not yet been ordered — but a writers’ room is being assembled and will begin in the summer.
no, they’re gonna expand the Shogun feudal universe … lol. as the season of Shogun advanced, I was charmed by it’s beauty and production value, but less so in the story it was hiding. in the end the entire series was about a battle never fought, which was bad enough as a tease, but in reality the battle of sekigahara was fought in reality with sides changing allegiences during the battle, which would have made for a satisfying ending to the season. i’m less enthused about more seasons if they’re simply going to toy with their audiences expectations than producing an excellent period peice from history that i’m interested in.
Yes, that’s the book the show comes from. It’s been a long time but as I recall it, the book treats that battle as even more of an afterthought, something like “of course it ended in a big battle, but the conclusion was already foretold by everything we just talked about, we don’t even need to talk about the battle to know how it went.” The series actually gives even more detail about it than the book when Toranaga clarifies that Mariko’s role was decisive in making the mother of the heir drop her support of his enemy, and that’s it.
The book is not about the battle, the book is about how the battle was won even before it started and how Tokugawa / toranaga made that happen, the battle is irrelevant.
sure, and that’s a shitty story, told in a shitty way. the intrigue was only barely interesting, and so over telegraphed for the last 5 episodes, the eventual end was jut empty, devoid of any real punch. mariko giving her life to the cause that toronaga used so maliciously and carelessly along with all the other vassals who sacrificed for him, as well as bragging of trapping the pilot, and laughing he had other sons with his baby, was all so ugly, and weird. the battle of sekigahara was no “afterthought” it was THE place where allegiences changed sides, THAT is where this historical pendulum swung, not in some convoluted public shaming. the show held true to the work it was based on, great, still sucked and was terribly unsatisfying. so, if they’re gonna make more of that, they can keep it.