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‘Shōgun’ Seasons 2 and 3 in Development (www.indiewire.com)

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More “Shōgun” is in the works.

The hit FX for Hulu series is in development in two more seasons; “Shōgun” was originally announced as a limited series.

Co-creators, executive producers, and writers Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo would return for Seasons 2 and 3, which FX says are now “likely” to happen, along with executive producer Michaela Clavell and series star and producer Hiroyuki Sanada. Production has not been set as the additional seasons have not yet been ordered — but a writers’ room is being assembled and will begin in the summer.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

in the end the entire series was about a battle never fought

Yes, that's the book the show comes from. It's been a long time but as I recall it, the book treats that battle as even more of an afterthought, something like "of course it ended in a big battle, but the conclusion was already foretold by everything we just talked about, we don't even need to talk about the battle to know how it went." The series actually gives even more detail about it than the book when Toranaga clarifies that Mariko's role was decisive in making the mother of the heir drop her support of his enemy, and that's it.

The book is not about the battle, the book is about how the battle was won even before it started and how Tokugawa / toranaga made that happen, the battle is irrelevant.