FX reaches back over 400 years for its next ambitious series, adapting the hit novel 'Shogun'
When FX sent screenwriter Justin Marks a copy of James Clavell’s hit 1975 novel “Shogun” with the idea of turning it into a series, he initially couldn't put it down. That's because he was reluctant to pick it up.
The book about a British navigator shipwrecked in feudal Japan was massive — over 1,000 pages. And old: “It was the book that was on our parents' nightstand.” Plus it sounded culturally out of step. He assumed it couldn't be adapted for 2024.
Marks laughs that he “was being a jerk” and judging a book by its cover.
