The impeccable Shōgun, winner of a whopping 18 Emmy Awards and 4 Golden Globes, is making its way back for a second season — and the plans are underway. Cosmo Jarvis, who stars in the series as pilot John Blackthorn, has officially signed on to return to the role for Season 2, as well as to join the team as a co-executive producer, according to an official press release from FX.
Additionally, lead Hiroyuki Sanada — who signed on for Season 2 last May after the show was renewed despite originally being a limited series — was upped to an executive producer after producing the original run. The show is officially set to begin production on Season 2 and return to Vancouver, where the original series was shot, in January 2026.
FX said the second season of the show is “a wholly original new chapter to the first season,” which was an adaptation of James Clavell’s novel of the same name. About the two seasons and how they connect, the network explained:
“In the first season, Lord Yoshii Toranaga (Sanada) fought for his survival as his enemies in the Council of Regents united against him. When a mysterious European ship was found marooned in a nearby village, its English pilot John Blackthorne (Jarvis) shared vital strategic secrets with Toranaga that tipped the scales of power in his favor to win a century-defining civil war.
“Part two of Shōgun is set 10 years after the events of the first season and continues the historically-inspired saga of these two men from different worlds whose fates are inextricably entwined.”
If there’s any good in this world, we’ll get some new episodes of this excellent show by the end of 2026 — but for now, we can only wait and hope.
Lex Briscuso is a film and television critic and a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter at @nikonamerica.
