Based on the 2023 prep school thriller novel by American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis, creator Ryan Murphy’s “The Shards” is coming soon to FX, and Deadline reports this afternoon that Emmy nominee Evan Rachel Wood (“Westworld”) has joined the cast.
Kaia Gerber, Igby Rigney, Homer Gere, Graham Campbell, and Hayes Warner also star.
UPDATE: Variety reports that Wes Bentley has also joined the cast.
Set in 1981 Los Angeles, the semi-autobiographical, dark coming-of-age tale follows a 17-year-old 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.
Frequent Murphy collaborator Max Winkler (“The Ed Gein Story”) is attached to direct.
The series is produced by 20th Television in association with Ryan Murphy Television.
