Overview
- FX announced Wednesday that The Shards will debut in the U.S. on August 5 on FX and Hulu, with international availability on Disney+.
- The ten‑episode drama adapts Bret Easton Ellis’s semi‑autobiographical novel about privileged Los Angeles high‑school seniors whose lives fray as a serial killer called the Trawler terrorizes the city.
- Igby Rigney stars as the fictionalized Bret and Homer Gere plays the magnetic transfer student Robert Mallory, joined by Kaia Gerber, Hayes Warner, Graham Campbell, Evan Rachel Wood, Wes Bentley and Jordan Roth.
- The series is produced by 20th Television with Ryan Murphy Television and lists Ryan Murphy, Bret Easton Ellis, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson and Max Winkler among its executive producers, with Winkler attached to direct.
- The premiere caps a revival of the project after earlier development stalled at HBO and positions FX/Hulu and Disney+ to reach both U.S. and international viewers for a major summer drama release.