‘The Shards’ – Ryan Murphy to Produce FX Series from ‘American Psycho’ Author Bret Easton Ellis

“American Horror Story” creator Ryan Murphy is in early development on “The Shards,” based on the 2023 novel by American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis, for FX, Deadline reports. Frequent Murphy collaborator Max Winkler (“American Horror Story,” “Grotesquerie”) is attached to direct with Kaia Gerber (“American Horror Story,” Bottoms) set to star. Set in 1981 […] The post ‘The Shards’ – Ryan Murphy to Produce FX Series from ‘American Psycho’ Author Bret Easton Ellis appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.

May 20, 2025 - 07:50

‘The Shards’ – Ryan Murphy to Produce FX Series from ‘American Psycho’ Author Bret Easton Ellis

“American Horror Story” creator Ryan Murphy is in early development on “The Shards,” based on the 2023 novel by American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis, for FX, Deadline reports.

Frequent Murphy collaborator Max Winkler (“American Horror Story,” “Grotesquerie”) is attached to direct with Kaia Gerber (“American Horror Story,” Bottoms) set to star.

Set in 1981 Los Angeles, the semi-autobiographical, dark coming-of-age tale is 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.

The series is produced by 20th Television in association with Ryan Murphy Television. Murphy, Ellis, and Winkler will executive produce alongside Nick Hall, Kathleen McCaffrey, and Brian Young.

Eaton was attached to write to an earlier version of “The Shards” that failed to move forward at HBO, but there’s no word on who’s penning the FX incarnation.

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