The second season of FX's Emmy-winning drama series "Shōgun" is set to begin production in January in Vancouver where the first installment was shot. Cosmo Jarvis has has already signed on to reprise his role as English pilot John Blackthorne, joining Hiroyuki Sanada, who was already set to return as Lord Yoshii Toranaga. After being conceived as a limited series, the show was renewed for a second season, and while there is talk of a third season, nothing has been confirmed. Sanada, a producer on the first season, will now be an executive producer for Season 2, while Jarvis will co-executive produce.
As for the new season's story, it has been described as "a wholly original new chapter to the first season", which has already covered all of Clavell's bestselling novel, and will continue "the historically-inspired saga of these two men from different worlds whose fates are inextricably entwined". The new chapter will take place 10 years after the events in the first season. Series creators Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks, stated that they will use elements and chracters from the novel that they didn't use in Season 1.
Produced by FX Productions, "Shōgun" is the most-viewed program in FX history. Marks and Kondo are executive producers alongside Michaela Clavell, Edward L. McDonnell, Michael De Luca Sanada, and Jarvis.
The first season of "Shōgun" won 18 Emmy Awards, setting the record for the most Emmy Awards by a series in a single season and delivering FX's first Outstanding Drama Series Emmy. Sanada became the first Japanese actor to win the Emmy for Lead Actor in a Drama Series, and Sawai made history as the first actress of Asian descent to win Lead Actress in the same category.
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