As Shōgun grew to become the winningest TV present on the 2025 Critics Alternative Awards, creators Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks supplied an replace on the FX historic drama collection’ second season.
“We’re popping out of the writers room now,” Marks instructed Deadline on the awards present on Friday, February 7. “We’re additionally executed with the ten episodes, and we have now our finale now. That’s permitting us to begin determining how we’re going to shoot this. However we’re very excited in regards to the plan.”
Marks went on: “I believe the factor to remove, greater than something, is how, I hope, persons are going to be stunned with among the huge concepts as quickly as the primary episode of Half 2. So, we’ll begin there and see the place it takes us for future tales. However we’re actually enthusiastic about it, particularly for [Hiroyuki Sanada].”
Sanada, who gained the Critics Alternative Award for Finest Actor in a Drama Sequence on Friday for his efficiency as Lord Yoshii Toranaga on the present, additionally joined Marks and Kondo within the chat.
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“In Season 1, [Toranaga] didn’t turn into a shōgun but,” the actor instructed Deadline. “So, I’d wish to see him turn into the chief of Japan. That’s my hope.”
Shōgun gained 4 awards on Friday. Along with Sanada’s victory, Moeka Hoshi gained Finest Supporting Actress in a Drama Sequence, Tadanobu Asano gained Finest Supporting Actor in a Drama Sequence, and the present itself took house the award for Finest Drama Sequence.
These Critics Alternative triumphs come after Shōgun set the report for many Emmy wins for a single season of a drama collection final September, having gained 18 trophies between the Primetime Emmy Awards and the Artistic Arts Emmy Awards.
The present’s first season boasts a 99% Tomatometer score on Rotten Tomatoes. In his overview of the primary season of his decide for the very best TV present of 2024, TV Insider’s Matt Roush mentioned, “I by no means wished to depart this world and its rewarding storytelling. Please, FX, by no means cease aiming this excessive.”
Contemplating Shōgun’s important acclaim and viewership numbers (rating as FX’s most-watched present ever, based mostly on hours streamed globally), it wasn’t lengthy earlier than the community turned the miniseries into a seamless collection, placing Season 2 and Season 3 into improvement in Might 2024.
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