{"id":50261,"date":"2024-04-25T17:07:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T15:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2031301"},"modified":"2024-04-25T19:14:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T17:14:27","slug":"shogun-co-creator-explains-the-possibilities-and-pitfalls-of-a-season-2","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/shogun-co-creator-explains-the-possibilities-and-pitfalls-of-a-season-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sh\u014dgun co-creator explains the possibilities and pitfalls of a season 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

The historical drama has been a breakout hit \u2013 but a second season is far from simple. <\/p>

By David Craig\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 25 April 2024 at 15:07 PM<\/p>

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Sh\u014dgun co-creator Justin Marks has addressed whether the historical drama could return for a second season.<\/p>\n

Originally billed as a miniseries, the show has been a breakout hit on FX (in the US) and Disney Plus<\/a> (internationally), building a large fanbase with its well-realised characters and detailed depiction of feudal Japan.<\/p>\n

Cosmo Jarvis plays stranded English pilot John Blackthorne, who is drawn into a brewing conflict on the side of an isolated Lord Yoshii Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada) and his translator Toda Mariko (Anna Sawai).<\/p>\n

The final episode of the series debuted this week, prompting conversation to shift towards the possibility of a follow-up, with co-creator Marks telling The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> that he doesn\u2019t know what the future holds.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think if we had a story, if we could find a story, we would be open to it,\u201d he explained. \u201cBut I don\u2019t think that anyone ever wants to be out over their skis without a roadmap and everything. And it\u2019s also just about, do people want more of it?\u201d<\/p>

The screenwriter, who served as showrunner alongside Rachel Kondo, also stressed the importance of living up to the vision of author James Clavell, who penned the novel<\/a> on which Sh\u014dgun is based.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow do you even equal the roadmap that Clavell laid out? And I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s possible,\u201d said Marks. \u201cI don\u2019t know if Clavell could have done it either. That\u2019s probably why he moved on to other books too, right? He knew what he had done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chronologically, Sh\u014dgun<\/a> is the first instalment in Clavell\u2019s series of novels \u2013 collectively known as the Asian Saga \u2013 with the next entry, Tai-Pan, jumping forward by more than 200 years.<\/p>\n

Marks admitted he is reading Tai-Pan at the moment \u2013 \u201capropos of nothing, honestly\u201d \u2013 and considers it a \u201cgreat book\u201d, but \u201ccompletely different\u201d to what audiences have grown accustomed to with Sh\u014dgun.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s about Hong Kong in the early days, a totally different world, so it\u2019s not just playing the hits,\u201d he explained. \u201cHe\u2019s conjuring new vivid characters that stand 75,000 feet tall all at once.\u201d<\/p>\n

If the same team were to attempt another Clavell adaptation,\u00a0Sh\u014dgun would have to take an anthology format similar to that of Fargo or American Horror Story, due to the time and geographical distance between each entry.<\/p>\n

Marks added: \u201cIt\u2019s tough because [in] Fargo, you\u2019re still telling different threads of the same place, whereas the Asian Saga goes all over the place for good reason. So it\u2019s hard. You\u2019re not actually building off that same language in the same way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clavell\u2019s six books include stories set in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Iran between the years of 1600 all the way up to 1979 \u2013 a large canvas indeed, and quite the undertaking for even the most experienced TV producers.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll bring you more updates on the future of Sh\u014dgun as they come in.<\/p>\n

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Shogun is available to stream on Disney Plus. <\/strong>Sign up to Disney Plus from \u00a34.99 a month<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Check out more of our Drama coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what\u2019s on. <\/strong>For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/b><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n

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