Ryan Murphy’s ‘The Shards’ to Star Igby Rigney, Homer Gere and Graham Campbell

FX has picked up Ryan Murphy‘s The Shards. It is based on Bret Easton Ellis‘ novel of the same name. The Shards is a dark coming-of-age tale with semi-autobiographical facets for Ellis. Set in Los Angeles in 1981, the story follows a 17-year-old version of Ellis during his final year at the elite Buckley prep school.…

Caroline C Ryan

July 16, 2025

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FX has picked up Ryan Murphy‘s The Shards. It is based on Bret Easton Ellis‘ novel of the same name.

The Shards is a dark coming-of-age tale with semi-autobiographical facets for Ellis. Set in Los Angeles in 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.

Igby Rigney (The Fall of the House of Usher), Homer Gere (The Agency) and Graham Campbell will join Kaia Gerber as part of the leading cast.

Rigney will portray Ellis. Gere has been cast as Robert Mallory, and Campbell as Thom Wright.

The Shards will be produced by 20th Television in association with studio-based Ryan Murphy Productions. Murphy, Ellis and Winkler executive produce alongside Nick Hall, Kathleen McCaffrey and Brian Young. A writer has yet to be announced.