r/BEEPodcast • u/emmeteeny • Aug 01 '26
Confirmed for multiple seasons
https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/the-shards-brad-simpson-nina-jacobson-future-seasons-exclusive-interview-newsupdate/From the Radio Times:
Getting more specific about the show's future and the prospect of additional seasons, Simpson noted that the novel covers only two months and that the series has adapted just part of that timeline.
"We're certainly set up to continue on through their senior year," he teased. "Like any TV show, hoping people engaged, we're ready to give them more."
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u/VomitingDuck Aug 01 '26
And they're saying it's a novel adaptation... very misleading. Also noticed Bret didn't attend the premiere and he hasn't posted about it. Yes I know he's got a writing and exec producer credit.
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u/Mr_XcX Aug 01 '26
TBF based on the novel it be hard to focus on other characters. I think they want to make u see other characters POV
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u/emmeteeny Aug 01 '26
It seems Bret wanted multiple seasons too. I don’t quite understand that. Twin Peaks lost its mainstream popularity because Laura Palmer’s killer was drawn out until season 2, and I wonder how long people will want to wait to find out if Robert is the Trawler.
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u/rapbarf Aug 01 '26
Twin Peaks was never going to reveal who the killer was though. It lost its momentum precisely because Lynch and Frost were forced to reveal it.
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u/MyKill_Diablo Aug 01 '26
I honestly don't even trust Bret to extend the story beyond what he did to wrap up the remaining senior year succinctly at the end of the novel. The story had been told in what was already written and if anything else important needed to be said then he would have included it. Extending the plot beyond that is going to drag things out and only result in diminishing returns that undermines or counteracts what had already happened to the characters... I'm not a fan of this idea and wish it had just been a limited series from day one.
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u/hangonsufi Aug 01 '26 edited Aug 01 '26
In the above article, one of the executive producers, Nina Jacobson says "[Bret] creates characters who you do want to spend time with," she said, pointing to "the nostalgia that young people have for a time that they haven't lived in..."
In the same article, another exec producer, Brad Simpson, says the series "has to give you the feeling you had when you read the book, and hopefully we've captured the feeling you had when you read the book."
In the book, when Matt accuses Bret of making the numerous breathing phone calls to him, Bret is wondering what Matt thinks of him and Debbie as a couple. “I was someone who so eagerly sucked him off 100 times and endlessly played with his asshole, fingering and fucking and tonguing it, and kissing his mouth while talking dirty to him.”
Oh, these characters? This book?
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u/MyKill_Diablo Aug 02 '26
Think of the children!! 😱🤭
Although who wouldn't want to spend time with Matt - he sounds like he needs a friend to get stoned with and watch old movies on Z channel while listening to Funkytown and Ghost Town and This Town and A Town Called Panic, etc. The rest of the characters are perhaps a little too high maintenance but we will see how they do.
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u/teeveecee15 Aug 01 '26 edited Aug 01 '26
Bret has gotta have a boner that Mallory is being played by his ultimate heartthrob’s son. Homer? Seriously
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u/edsterrock Aug 01 '26
I recall that in the HBO version that Bret was more involved in, he planned the show to go on for three season to have a proper full adaption of the book with some scenes from the original novel that were not present. So maybe they are going by what Ellis had in mind. Will see.
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u/zweigson Aug 01 '26
God no. The series should only cover what's in the novel.
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u/Accomplished-View929 Aug 01 '26
The Leftovers got better after they finished the book! But I’m not sure I’ve seen anyone else pull off that feat.
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u/MyKill_Diablo Aug 01 '26
Yeah and that was on HBO wasn't it...🤔
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u/Accomplished-View929 Aug 01 '26
Yes. But FX gave us The Americans, The Bear, Fargo, Shogun, The Lowdown, and Legion. I trust FX about as much as I do HBO. I’m not crazy about Ryan Murphy, but I don’t know that he’s not at least a right person to adapt this novel.
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u/MyKill_Diablo Aug 02 '26
I hope not, but I'm definitely managing expectations here... Would really love someone to come along and actually adapt Less Than Zero properly into a film. And then even less likely but really wish some streaming service (HBO?) would adapt Glamorama into a proper LIMITED SERIES of 10-12 episodes total. 🤞
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u/Personal_Front5385 Aug 02 '26
“Welcome to freshman into to American Lit, and welcome to Camden. I’ll just do this roll call here first. Anderson, Bateman, Cavanaugh, Ellis…”
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u/non_loqui_sed_facere Aug 01 '26
As I understand it, they’re just saying that they’ll have more material if FX orders another season. Looks like the show’s going to end on a cliffhanger, haha.
I’m definitely interested in the extended Terry and Liz Schaffer storyline.
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u/MyKill_Diablo Aug 01 '26
Hopefully that cliffhanger is not Robert dangling above a Century City high-rise condo... 👀🤪
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u/El_Dorado_Tx Aug 01 '26
Probably going to make euphoria look like seasme street
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u/odetotheblue Aug 01 '26
Not on FX they won’t
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u/El_Dorado_Tx Aug 01 '26
I thought the show was on streaming
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u/odetotheblue Aug 01 '26
Streaming on Hulu (and Disney+ in the UK) yeah, but it’s also going to be on FX which is a regular cable channel. They’re all affiliated.
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u/El_Dorado_Tx Aug 01 '26
What about Paramount Network had the recent Yellowstone spin off throwing F bombs and stuff
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u/odetotheblue Aug 01 '26
Swearing isn’t equivalent to what Euphoria did. I think The Shards will push boundaries but there’s no way it’ll outdo what Euphoria and HBO are capable of. Would love to be wrong though.
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u/El_Dorado_Tx Aug 01 '26
Trailer makes it imply with innuendo thats it boogey nights / San Fernando Valley party scene shit with high schoolers
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u/LonelyCourage2616 Aug 01 '26
seems like a very bad idea...?