Overview
- FX and Hulu will launch The Shards on August 5 with two episodes released at 9 p.m. ET, part of a coordinated promotional push.
- Grammy-nominated singer Troye Sivan and frequent collaborator Leland announced they wrote original songs for the series, with Sivan posting about the work on Instagram.
- Series cast member and rising pop artist Hayes Warner will also contribute original music for the show, linking casting to the soundtrack strategy.
- The Shards is Ryan Murphy’s TV adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’s 2023 prep‑school thriller, set in 1981 Los Angeles and centered on a 17‑year‑old Bret at an elite prep school whose life is upended by a mysterious new student and a serial killer called The Trawler.
- The series is produced by 20th Television with Ryan Murphy Television, directed in part by Max Winkler, and stars Igby Rigney, Homer Gere, Kaia Gerber, Graham Campbell, Wes Bentley, Evan Rachel Wood and Jordan Roth, with original pop music expected to shape tone and audience reach.