The title role in the TV series "Shogun," based on James Clavell's eponymous novel, was modeled on Tokugawa Ieyasu. We reveal ...

At the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference this past Tuesday (March 4), Disney Entertainment co-chairman ...

On Sunday, the FX series "Shogun" won the Emmy for Best Drama, marking the first time a non-English-language series has claimed the award in this category.

Jerry London, who directed NBC's Emmy-winning adaptation starring Richard Chamberlain, tells THR that he wanted his version to have universal appeal: "The filmmakers of the new one really didn't care ...

"Shogun" season 2 is officially happening ... While Cosmo Jarvis might potentially return as the English pilot John Blackthorne, Anna Sawai, Tadanobu Asano and Takehiro Hira will most likely ...

Jerry London, the director of 1980's nine-hour miniseries Shogun, has voiced his criticisms of the recent 2024 FX adaptation, claiming that it's "not entertaining" for an American audience and ...

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London’s criticism of the new adaptation stems primarily from comparisons to his version of Shogun. “It’s completely different from the one I did,” London explains. “Mine was based on ...

By Ryan Gajewski Senior Entertainment Reporter Jerry London, who directed the nine-hour Shogun that aired on NBC ... starred Richard Chamberlain as English navigator John Blackthorne as he dealt ...