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The cast of 'The Shards' from left: Graham Campbell, Kaia Gerber, Igby Rigney, Hayes Warner, Homer Gere. Pari Dukovic/FX A serial killer stalks Los Angeles against a backdrop of adolescent debauchery in the first trailer for The Shards, the upcoming Ryan Murphy-produced adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ novel of the same name.
The series stars Igby Rigney as Bret, an aspiring young writer and senior at a posh L.A. private school, whose life begins to unravel after an enigmatic new student, Robert Malloy (Homer Gere), shows up. It just so happens, too, that Robert’s arrival on the scene coincides with a spate of killings, as a murderer known as the Trawler starts targeting teens across Los Angeles.
“You should actually make a little bit of an effort to become my friend,” Robert says casually in one scene featured in the clip. “Or else what, Robert?” Bret replies.
The rest of the trailer is filled with the kind of Eighties-style excess — with a gruesome tinge — that showcases what a good match Ellis and Murphy are for each other. There’s lots of sex and glamor, bloody backpacks and frightening kidnappings, a murder mystery, and lots of overwrought high school drama.
