FX has released the first trailer for Ryan Murphy's new coming-of-age drama The Shards, based on the prep school thriller novel by Bret Easton Ellis, Deadline reported. The Shards premieres August 5 on FX and Hulu, as well as Disney+ internationally.
From 20th Television and Ryan Murphy Productions, The Shards is "a dark coming-of-age tale with semi-autobiographical facets for Ellis. Set in Los Angeles 1981, the story follows a 17-year-old version of Ellis during his final year at the elite Buckley prep school. Upending the character's world is the arrival of a mysterious new student, Robert Mallory, whose unsettling presence coincides with the activities of a serial killer known as The Trawler," Deadline noted.
The cast includes Igby Rigney, Homer Gere, Kaia Gerber, Hayes Warner, Graham Campbell, Wes Bentley, Evan Rachel Wood, and Jordan Roth.