‘The Shards’ Trailer: Drugs, Sex and a Serial Killer Haunt L.A. Teens in FX Drama Series
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- FX released the trailer for 'The Shards,' a drama series co-created by Ryan Murphy and Bret Easton Ellis based on Ellis' 2023 autofictional bestseller, premiering with two episodes on Aug. 5 on FX and Hulu.
- The Shards follows narrator Bret (Igby Rigney) and his group of wealthy Los Angeles private-school teenagers in the 1980s as a serial killer terrorizes the San Fernando Valley and new student Robert Mallory (Homer Gere) arrives.
- Bret attempts to convince his friends in the trailer that Robert is a 'psycho' as grisly violence creeps toward their tight-knit circle.
- The cast features Kaia Gerber as Susan Reynolds, Hayes Warner and Wes Bentley as the Schaffer family, Evan Rachel Wood as Liz Schaffer, Graham Campbell as Thom Wright, and Jordan Roth as Steven Reinhardt.
- Executive producers include Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, the co-creators, and a long producing roster, with the series produced by 20th Television in association with Ryan Murphy Television.
Why it matters: This marks a high-profile adaptation pairing: Murphy, fresh off 'Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,' teams with Ellis to adapt one of the author's own semi-autobiographical novels — landing on FX/Hulu as a two-episode premiere on Aug. 5 rather than a full-season drop, a staggered release strategy the network has used to drive sustained tune-in for prestige dramas.
