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Episode: FX reaches back over 400 years for its next ambitious series, adapting the hit novel âShogunâ
Description: When FX sent screenwriter Justin Marks a copy of James Clavellâs hit 1975 novel âShogunâ with the idea of turning it into a series, he initially couldnât put it down. Thatâs because he was reluctant to pick it up.
The book about a British navigator shipwrecked in feudal Japan was massiveâover 1,000 pages. And old: âIt was the book that was on our parentsâ nightstand.â Plus it sounded culturally out of step. He assumed it couldnât be adapted for 2024.
âWhen you open it and you go through it, it is a remarkably modern story,â he said. âIt really does get to the cor...