"The Shards" Coming to FX and Hulu This Summer from Ryan Murphy and Bret Easton Ellis

Get ready for a summer full of suspense, seduction and obsession, as the new drama series The Shards from producer Ryan Murphy and author Bret Easton Ellis is set to debut on the Disney-owned FX Network and Hulu streaming service in early August. More details below.

What's happening:

• FX has announced that its new drama series The Shards will premiere Wednesday, August 5 on the basic cable network and the Hulu streaming service.
• Based on the acclaimed and bestselling novel by author Bret Easton Ellis (American Psycho), The Shards follows a group of privileged high school seniors in 1980s Los Angeles. Ryan Murphy (Glee, American Horror Story) serves as executive producer.
• Homer Gere (Euphoria) stars as Robert Mallory, a new student whose arrival in town coincides with the growing menace of a serial killer known as the Trawler.
• Additional cast members include:
  • Igby Rigney (Midnight Mass) as Bret
  • Kaia Gerber (Babylon) as Susan Reynolds
  • newcomer Hayes Warner as Debbie Schaffer
  • Graham Campbell (Late Fame) as Thom Wright
  • Wes Bentley (American Beauty) as Terry Schaffer
  • Evan Rachel Wood (Westworld) as Liz Schaffer
  • Jordan Roth (I Think I Do) as Steven Reinhardt

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• FX has ordered a limited series starring Sadie Sink entitled The Marriage Plot.