{"id":72166,"date":"2025-05-01T12:08:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T16:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=72166"},"modified":"2025-05-26T12:10:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T16:10:16","slug":"shogun-will-soon-hit-the-screens-with-season-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/shogun-will-soon-hit-the-screens-with-season-2\/72166\/","title":{"rendered":"Sh\u014dgun will soon hit the screens with season 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"236\" data-end=\"651\">Great news for fans of <em data-start=\"259\" data-end=\"267\">Sh\u014dgun<\/em>! The Emmy-winning historical drama is officially coming back for a second season, and yes, your favorite leads are returning. According to fresh reports, Cosmo Jarvis, who plays the fearless English navigator John Blackthorne, has signed on to reprise his role. He\u2019ll be joining Hiroyuki Sanada, who plays the powerful Lord Toranaga and had already renewed his contract back in May.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"653\" data-end=\"1079\">With both lead actors confirmed, FX has announced that the new season will be a <strong data-start=\"733\" data-end=\"766\">completely original storyline<\/strong>, not directly adapted from author James Clavell\u2019s novel this time. While Season 1 was based on Clavell\u2019s <em data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"880\">Sh\u014dgun<\/em>, the upcoming episodes will instead build a fresh narrative that continues the epic, historically inspired tale of these two men from vastly different worlds, whose lives remain tightly intertwined.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1081\" data-end=\"1395\">Writers and showrunners have admitted that creating Season 2 from scratch is a unique challenge, since none of Clavell\u2019s other novels continue the story of <em data-start=\"1237\" data-end=\"1245\">Sh\u014dgun<\/em>. However, they\u2019ve still drawn inspiration from the original novel to craft a story that feels authentic and true to the world fans fell in love with.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1397\" data-end=\"1953\">Production for Season 2 is scheduled to kick off in <strong data-start=\"1449\" data-end=\"1460\">January<\/strong>, once again in <strong data-start=\"1476\" data-end=\"1489\">Vancouver<\/strong>, Canada, the same location where Season 1 was filmed. As for why the series isn\u2019t being shot in Japan, FX chairman John Landgraf explained that it\u2019s largely a matter of logistics. According to him, while filming in Japan would have been ideal, the size and scale of the production simply couldn\u2019t be matched by the locations there. Most medieval Japanese castles either no longer exist in their historical form, or they can\u2019t be used for filming even if they do.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1955\" data-end=\"2210\">\u201cThere\u2019s just a little difference,\u201d Landgraf explained, regarding the facilities in Japan versus what\u2019s available in Vancouver. \u201cWe\u2019ve had trouble matching the location and the scale of what we\u2019re capable of achieving there with the ambition of the show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2212\" data-end=\"2545\">While fans still have to wait for more plot details, this update is definitely a promising start. The second season of <em data-start=\"2331\" data-end=\"2339\">Sh\u014dgun<\/em> promises a new direction, new challenges, and the return of familiar faces, and if Season 1 was any indication, viewers are in for another visually stunning, emotionally charged ride through feudal Japan.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2547\" data-end=\"2593\">Stay tuned, more updates are on the way soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great news for fans of Sh\u014dgun! 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