Hiro Murai, greatest recognized for his work on Donald Glover’s Atlanta, is about to make his characteristic directorial debut with Bushido for A24.
Deadline stories that Hiro Murai will make his characteristic directorial debut with Bushido. The samurai film will probably be financed by A24, who will produce alongside Sq. Peg and 2AM.
Not a lot is thought about Bushido but, solely that it will likely be a “high-stakes action film set against the backdrop of feudal Japan.” I’m all the time down for extra samurai motion pictures, so I’m definitely not complaining. Murai will direct from a script by Henry Dunham (The Standoff at Sparrow Creek). The pair can even produce alongside Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen for Sq. Peg, and Julia Oh, Christine D’Souza, and David Hinojosa for 2AM.
Murai is greatest recognized for steering and government producing Donald Glover’s Atlanta. He helmed greater than half the collection’ episodes. He’s additionally directed episodes of Legion, Snowfall, Barry, Station Eleven, and Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Murai has labored with Glover regularly; along with Atlanta and Mr. and Mrs. Smith, he’s additionally directed a number of music movies for Glover’s Infantile Gambino persona, together with This Is America. He additionally helmed Guava Island, the Amazon music movie starring Glover and Rihanna.
Because of the success of FX’s Shōgun, samurai tales are getting greater as soon as once more. Based mostly on the novel by James Clavell, Shōgun was FX’s most costly tv collection, however it paid off huge time with rave critiques and an impressively massive viewers. It additionally took dwelling Emmy Awards for Greatest Drama Collection, Greatest Actor (Hiroyuki Sanada), Greatest Actress (Anna Sawai), and extra. Though initially billed as a restricted collection, a second installment is within the works.
The official synopsis for Shōgun: “The 10-episode limited series is set in Japan in the year 1600, at the dawn of a century-defining civil war. Producer Hiroyuki Sanada stars as Lord Yoshii Toranaga who is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him. When a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village, its English pilot, John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis), comes bearing secrets that could help Toranaga tip the scales of power and devastate the formidable influence of Blackthorne’s own enemies — the Jesuit priests and Portuguese merchants. Toranaga’s and Blackthorne’s fates become inextricably tied to their translator, Toda Mariko (Anna Sawai), a mysterious Christian noblewoman and the last of a disgraced line. While serving her lord amidst this fraught political landscape, Mariko must reconcile her newfound companionship with Blackthorne, her commitment to the faith that saved her and her duty to her late father.” You’ll be able to try a overview of Shōgun from our personal Alex Maidy proper right here.
