Hiroyuki Sanada on the Idea of Filming ‘Shogun’ Season 2 in Japan: “We Are Finding the Possibilities”
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/hiroyuki-sanada-possibilities-filming-shogun-season-2-japan-1236001903/
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otterpop@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
I haven't finished it yet but I have read the book. Didn't they basically cover all the content from the book in season 1? I can't imagine additional seasons would be nearly as good with show runners just making things up off the cuff.
scytale@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y
This is my worry as well. I didn’t read the book but as far as I know season 1 already covered it. If they base successive seasons on actual historical events that the book was based on, maybe it can work?
lud@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y
I mean it's also possible that they simply get good writers that can actually write good new content.
Zeroc00l@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
I mean it's also more than likely that they will fuck it up, but here's hoping.
Atrichum@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
The first season was phenomenal and an example of the best story telling tv can offer. I have no interest though in watching additional season that goes beyond the book. It will inevitably dissapoint and be a waste of time.
andrew_s@piefed.social · 5 pts · 1y
Season 1 was, like everything else, filmed in Vancouver.
I think it's only pretty recently that Japan has opened up the possibilities for filming there, to make shows like Tokyo Vice possible. Ridley Scott had a nightmare filming Black Rain there a couple of decades ago - partly because as far a they're concerned, a filmmaker's need to close down a street is outweighed by any citizen's need to use the street.
Sparhawk87@lemmynsfw.com · 2 pts · 1y
Do they really need to thou there's not many places they could film that still look like there from that time period without a ton of cgi anyway.
ryan213@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
I have not watched. Should I?
notaviking@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y
It was actually good, it's basically a political drama set in feudal Japan. Also it is very interesting with a translation twist, like oil and water that don't mix yet they make it work.
ryan213@lemmy.ca · -11 pts · 1y
Ugh. Politics.
shalafi@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
This ain't the politics you're thinking of. Most stunning show I've seen in ages, if ever.
Gerudo@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y
Think of it like the politics in Game of Thrones. It's used to build the drama.