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When the arrival of a new student, Robert Mallory (Homer Gere), coincides with a string of grisly murders across the San Fernando Valley, the narrator, Bret (Igby Rigney), seeks to get to the bottom of the mystery before it\u2019s too late for him and his friends. In the trailer, Bret attempts to convince his friends that Robert is a \u201cpsycho\u201d as the horrifying violence creeps closer to their tight-knit circle.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=4169\">\u2018Behemoth!\u2019 Trailer: Pedro Pascal Plays a Classically Trained Cellist in Tony Gilroy\u2019s Music Drama<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe series also stars Kaia Gerber as Susan Reynolds, Hayes Warner as Debbie Schaffer and Graham Campbell as Thom Wright. Plus, Wes Bentley plays Terry Schaffer, Evan Rachel Wood is Liz Schaffer and Jordan Roth portrays Steven Reinhardt.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe show is co-created by Murphy (\u201cMonster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,\u201d \u201cLove Story\u201d) and Ellis (\u201cLess Than Zero,\u201d \u201cAmerican Psycho\u201d), who wrote the scripts based on Ellis\u2019 autofictional 2023 bestseller. They executive produce alongside Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Ellis, Eric Kovtun, Scott Robertson, Nissa Diederich, Tanase Popa, Nick Hall, Michael Uppendahl, Max Winkler, Kathleen McCaffrey and Brian Young. The series is produced by 20th Television in association with Ryan Murphy Television.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=4167\">Nicolas Winding Refn\u2019s \u2018Her Private Hell\u2019 Ignites Fantasia\u2019s 30th Edition as Hot Global Genre Titles Get Set to Stoke or Take Over the Mainstream<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tWatch the trailer for \u201cThe Shards\u201d below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FX released a trailer for Ryan Murphy&#8217;s adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis&#8217; horror novel &#8216;The Shards.&#8217; The show premieres on Aug. 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[3390],"class_list":["post-4173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tv","tag-the-shards"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u2018The Shards\u2019 Trailer: Drugs, Sex and a Serial Killer Haunt L.A. 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