Ryan Murphy’s latest drama, The Shards, is set to premiere on August 5, 2026 at 9pm ET/PT on FX. The series is based on Bret Easton Ellis‘ 2023 bestseller, and the official trailer introduces the very mature-looking high schoolers at the heart of the drama, setting up a story of sex, drugs, and danger.
Igby Rigney, Kaia Gerber, Homer Gere, Hayes Warner, and Graham Campbell star. The ensemble also includes Yellowstone‘s Wes Bentley, Westworld‘s Evan Rachel Wood, and Jordan Roth.
FX offers this synopsis: “Set against the vivid backdrop of 1980s Los Angeles, the series follows a group of privileged high school seniors at an elite prep school as they navigate identity, sex, jealousy, obsession, and the dangers lurking beneath the surface of American adolescence.
At its center is Bret (Rigney), an aspiring writer and keenly observant teenager whose reality begins to unravel with the arrival of a mysterious and magnetic new student, Robert Mallory (Gere). Transferring in just before his senior year, Robert’s appearance coincides with the growing terror of The Trawler, a serial killer targeting teenagers across the city.
Alongside Bret is his elite social circle, which consists of Susan Reynolds (Gerber), Debbie Schaffer (Warner) and Thom Wright (Campbell), a glamorous and deeply entangled group drawn into a life of wealth, beauty, parties, and excess. The promise of their youth is contrasted with the dark and cynical world of the adults surrounding them: Terry Schaffer (Bentley), Liz Schaffer (Wood) and Steven Reinhardt (Roth).”
Ryan Murphy, Bret Easton Ellis, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Eric Kovtun, Scott Robertson, Nissa Diederich, Tanase Popa, Nick Hall, Michael Uppendahl, Max Winkler, Kathleen McCaffrey, and Brian Young executive produce.
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