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The Shards Ep 4 Recap: A Glittering Night Ends in Chaos
entertainment15 days ago

The Shards Ep 4 Recap: A Glittering Night Ends in Chaos

In The Shards’ fourth episode, Bret reluctantly attends a lavish senior-year party thrown for Robert, where glamor collapses into chaos as Bret warns of Robert’s instability, Debbie jets between romance and coke-fueled hurt, and Susan tries to manage a volatile, intoxicated host. Amid a disturbing 91-days-to-live monologue, Robert’s erratic dancing, a kiss with Thom, and a nearby knife-wielding intruder culminate in a dangerous rescue by Susan and Thom as secrets and lies spill into the morning after. The episode leans into adaptation shifts from the novel, hints at darker fates for Matt, Rhonda, and Ryan, and leaves Bret’s view of adulthood feeling isolating and definitive.

via Vulture|
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The Shards Cast Version Turns Bret Ellis’ Tale Into Glee-Style High School Dark Comedy
entertainment16 days ago

The Shards Cast Version Turns Bret Ellis’ Tale Into Glee-Style High School Dark Comedy

Vulture’s recap of The Shards (Glee Cast Version) notes Episode 3 shifts from the novel’s taut mood to a Glee-inspired high-school satire, introducing Really Rhonda and a Dance Off! subplot while Bret Ellis’s perspective drives the drama. The review praises the music choices but criticizes the abrupt tonal shift and questions how the disappearance of Matt and other students will drive the story, suggesting the show risks undercutting its stakes in favor of parody.

via vulture.com|
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Murphy Maps a Three-Year Run for The Shards and AHS13 Returns
entertainmenttv16 days ago

Murphy Maps a Three-Year Run for The Shards and AHS13 Returns

Ryan Murphy outlines a three-season vision for The Shards, adapting Bret Easton Ellis’s 1981 LA-set novel with room for personal storytelling and mentoring a younger cast, while also detailing American Horror Story: AHS13, which will bring back past stars to play multiple characters across seasons. Murphy notes Ellis’s involvement and aims to honor Norman Lear’s influence as he threads these ambitious projects together.

via Variety|
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From HBO Fallout to Murphy’s FX Takeover: The Shards Reimagined
entertainment16 days ago

From HBO Fallout to Murphy’s FX Takeover: The Shards Reimagined

The Shards, Bret Easton Ellis’s novel, was being developed at HBO with Ellis writing and producing, but creative differences and budget cuts led to the project being put in turnaround. Ryan Murphy, a longtime Ellis fan, acquired the rights and moved the adaptation to FX, keeping Ellis’ first two scripts but making bigger changes in later episodes; Ellis has had limited involvement as Murphy reshapes the series for television.

via The Hollywood Reporter|
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The Shards Debuts with a Deadly, 1980s L.A. in Focus
television22 days ago

The Shards Debuts with a Deadly, 1980s L.A. in Focus

FX’s The Shards adapts Bret Easton Ellis’s autofiction into a moody, graphic 1980s Los Angeles thriller. The pilot centers on Bret Easton Ellis (Igby Rigney) as his high‑school circle encounters a sadistic killer known as the Trawler, with looming threats intensified by a new, enigmatic student, Robert Mallory. We get Bret’s tangled loyalties to his friends, a push‑and‑pull with Debbie and Susan, and the unsettling dynamic withMatt, all against a backdrop of ’80s nostalgia. The premiere blends teen angst with Ellis‑style gore, and ends on a chilling phone call that hints the killer has Bret’s number. Overall, the episode stays faithful to the source material and earns a 4‑star nod from Vulture.

via Vulture|
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Murphy Unveils Three-Season Adaptation of The Shards
entertainment23 days ago

Murphy Unveils Three-Season Adaptation of The Shards

Ryan Murphy previews FX’s The Shards as a three-season adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’s autofiction, set in early-1980s Los Angeles. Ellis co-wrote the first two episodes; casting involved about 500 auditions and stars Igby Rigney, Kaia Gerber and Evan Rachel Wood. The nine-episode arc will unfold over multiple seasons with a tasteful balance of eroticism, trauma, and AIDS-era subtext, produced on a mid-range budget with intimacy coordinators. The show launched with the first two episodes on FX/Hulu, as Murphy confirms a long multi-year plan.

via hollywoodreporter.com|
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Murphy and Ellis unleash a neon-1980s LA in The Shards
entertainment24 days ago

Murphy and Ellis unleash a neon-1980s LA in The Shards

FX’s The Shards adapts Bret Easton Ellis’s autofiction with Ryan Murphy at the helm, tracking a senior-year clique at an elite 1981 Los Angeles prep school as a killer called The Trawler closes in—against a backdrop of sex, heavy drug use, and AIDS-era paranoia, with Kaia Gerber and Igby Rigney among the cast; the series debuts Aug. 5 on FX/Hulu in the US and Aug. 6 in the UK and Australia.

via The Guardian|
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The Shards Sparks a Killer in the Cool-Kid Circle
television1 month ago

The Shards Sparks a Killer in the Cool-Kid Circle

FX on Hulu's The Shards, an adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's 2023 novel, drops viewers into 1981 Los Angeles as a private-school clique is upended by a new student while a serial killer known as the Trawler stalks teen girls; with Ellis and Murphy at the helm and a stylish cast including Igby Rigney, Homer James Jigme Gere, and Kaia Gerber, the drama promises sharp atmosphere and escalating mystery about who belongs—and who dies—in the coveted world of prep-school privilege.

via Vulture|
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Trailer Unveiled for Ryan Murphy's The Shards, a Bret Easton Ellis Adaptation
entertainment1 month ago

Trailer Unveiled for Ryan Murphy's The Shards, a Bret Easton Ellis Adaptation

A first trailer for The Shards, Ryan Murphy's adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's 2023 novel, teases a provocative 1980s Los Angeles drama about privileged high school seniors navigating identity, sex and obsession as a serial killer known as The Trawler looms. The FX/Disney+ series stars Igby Rigney, Kaia Gerber, Evan Rachel Wood, Wes Bentley and others, and debuts on August 6.

via Flickering Myth|
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Shards of 1980s LA: Murphy’s New Murder Mystery with Kaia Gerber
entertainment1 month ago

Shards of 1980s LA: Murphy’s New Murder Mystery with Kaia Gerber

FX’s The Shards, a Ryan Murphy–produced series based on Bret Easton Ellis’s 2023 novel, is a stylish 1981 Los Angeles teen murder mystery in which privileged high-schoolers’ lives unravel as a killer stalks their private school; Igby Rigney plays a fictionalized Ellis, Kaia Gerber stars as Susan Reynolds, and the cast includes Homer Gere and Evan Rachel Wood. The show debuts August 5 on FX and blends autobiographical Ellis vibes with a glossy coming‑of‑age noir.

via Yahoo|
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Shards Trailer Teases Elite Teens vs. Serial-Killer Chaos in 1980s LA
entertainment1 month ago

Shards Trailer Teases Elite Teens vs. Serial-Killer Chaos in 1980s LA

FX’s official trailer for The Shards, based on Bret Easton Ellis’s novel and produced by Ryan Murphy, follows privileged high school seniors in 1980s Los Angeles as Bret, a new transfer student, and his circle confront identity, desire, and the danger of The Trawler, a city-wide serial killer; the series debuts with two episodes on Aug. 5 at 9 p.m. ET on Hulu and FX.

via The Hollywood Reporter|
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Eighties LA Gets Glitzy and Grim in The Shards Trailer
entertainment1 month ago

Eighties LA Gets Glitzy and Grim in The Shards Trailer

The Shards, a Ryan Murphy–produced adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's novel, drops its first trailer, placing a sex-soaked, killer-filled Eighties Los Angeles backdrop around Bret (Igby Rigney) and a mysterious new student (Homer Gere) as a spree of teen-targeted murders hits their private-school circle; the series debuts August 5 on Hulu and FX with two episodes.

via Yahoo|
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