‘The Shards’ Trailer: Igby Rigney, Kaia Gerber Navigate Senior Year and a Serial Killer in FX’s Bret Easton Ellis Adaptation

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“Everyone loves a good coming-of-age story.”

FX has released the official trailer for the upcoming drama series The Shards, from executive producer Ryan Murphy and based on the bestselling novel by Bret Easton Ellis.

“Set against the vivid backdrop of 1980s Los Angeles, the series follows a group of privileged high school seniors at an elite prep school as they navigate identity, sex, jealousy, obsession and the dangers lurking beneath the surface of American adolescence,” FX teases of the show.

The Shards centers on aspiring writer Bret (Igby Rigney), whose world takes a turn after the arrival of a “mysterious and magnetic new student, Robert Mallory (Homer Gere). Transferring in just before his senior year, Robert’s appearance coincides with the growing terror of The Trawler, a serial killer targeting teenagers across the city. “