Hiroyuki Sanada and Cosmo Jarvis have been forged in lead roles of the FX sequence adaptation of “Shogun,” Selection has confirmed.
“Shogun” is predicated on the James Clavell novel of the identical title. It’s set in feudal Japan and charts the collision of two bold males from completely different worlds and a mysterious feminine samurai: John Blackthorne (Jarvis), a risk-taking English sailor who finally ends up shipwrecked in Japan, a land whose unfamiliar tradition will in the end redefine him; Lord Toranaga (Sanada), a shrewd, highly effective daimyo, at odds together with his personal harmful, political rivals; and Woman Mariko, a girl with invaluable abilities however dishonorable household ties, who should show her worth and allegiance.
The position of Woman Mariko has but to be forged.
The unique novel was revealed in 1975 and have become a serious best-seller with greater than 30 million copies bought worldwide. It beforehand impressed the 1980 NBC miniseries of the identical title, which starred Richard Chamberlain as Main John Blackthorne, Toshiro Mifune starred as Lord Yoshi Toranaga and Yoko Shimada as Woman Toda Mariko.
FX ordered the undertaking to sequence again in 2018. Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo are co-writers on the sequence. Marks additionally government produces together with Michaela Clavell, daughter of James. Rental serves as co-executive producer. FX Productions will produce.
Sanada most lately appeared within the Netflix movie “Military of the Useless” and the movie adaptation of “Mortal Kombat,” wherein he performed iconic character Scorpion. His different American credit embrace “Westworld,” “The Wolverine,” “The Final Ship, “The Final Samurai,” and “Rush Hour 3.”
He’s repped by CAA, Axon Leisure, Lighthouse Leisure and Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton.
Jarvis’ previous TV credit embrace “Raised by Wolves” and “Peaky Blinders,” together with options like “Woman Macbeth,” “Hunter Killer,” and “Calm With Horses.”
He’s repped by The Artists Partnership, UTA and Morris Yorn.
Deadline first reported the castings.