‘Shogun’ set to shine at Emmys

Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada attends the pink carpet occasion for FX’s “Shogun” on the Academy theater in Los Angeles, February 13, 2024. – “Shogun” is tipped to change into the primary ever non-English-language winner of the Emmy for finest drama — essentially the most prestigious prize on the small-screen equal of the Oscars — at a glitzy ceremony on September 15, 2024. | Picture by Michael Tran / AFP

LOS ANGELES, United States — Historic epic “Shogun” — a story of warring dynasties in feudal Japan — might make historical past on Sunday on the Emmys, tv’s equal of the Oscars.

The FX sequence is hotly tipped to change into the primary ever non-English-language winner of the award for finest drama — essentially the most prestigious prize on the gala honoring the perfect on the small display screen.

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The present’s solid might additionally win huge with a bunch of nominations, together with for veteran main man Hiroyuki Sanada, and co-stars Anna Sawai and Tadanobu Asano.

Any new victories on Sunday would add to the already-record-breaking tally of 14 gongs “Shogun” took residence from the Inventive Arts Emmys final weekend.

That is the second Emmys gala this 12 months, after crippling twin strikes in Hollywood final 12 months bumped the 2023 ceremony to January.

The months-long walkout by actors and writers additionally crimped the pipeline of recent exhibits that might be launched in time for this version, which means submissions dropped by a 3rd year-on-year.

And with awards heavyweights like “Succession” — which dominated the Emmys for years — having completed their runs, the trail might be clear for some attention-grabbing newcomers.

A kind of is Netflix’s word-of-mouth smash “Child Reindeer,” based mostly on a comparatively unknown Scottish comic’s harrowing one-man present about sexual abuse.

A part of the eye stemmed from the present’s declare to be “a real story” — an insistence that earned the streamer a $170 million lawsuit from a British lady who claims she was the inspiration for its obsessive and violent stalker.

Pundits predict Emmy voters will select “Child Reindeer” as finest restricted sequence, whereas its creator Richard Gadd goes head-to-head with Andrew Scott (“Ripley”) and Jon Hamm (“Fargo”) for finest actor honors.

The restricted sequence part, for exhibits that finish in a single season, all the time attracts A-list Hollywood stars, and this 12 months isn’t any exception.

Jodie Foster is a finest actress favourite for her flip as an Alaskan cop in “True Detective: Night time Nation,” up in opposition to fellow Oscar winner Brie Larson, as a pioneering feminine chemist in “Classes in Chemistry.”

Extra glory for ‘The Bear’?

Within the comedy classes, “The Bear,” a darkish satire set in a Chicago restaurant, and its foodie cooks performed by Jeremy Allen White and Ebon Moss-Bachrach look primed for extra Emmys glory.

The present’s intense debut season dominated the final Emmys, and its much more acclaimed and impressive second season is eligible this time round.

It scooped up seven prizes in minor classes final weekend, together with a finest visitor actress award for Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis.

HBO’s “Hacks” is anticipated to restrict the rampage by “The Bear,” with Jean Sensible and Hannah Einbinder wanting like frontrunners for his or her roles as a diva comedienne and her dysfunctional millennial assistant.

Einbinder faces competitors in the perfect supporting actress class from Meryl Streep, a three-time Oscar winner who might add a fourth Emmy to her tally for her work on “Solely Murders within the Constructing.”

However all eyes shall be on “Shogun,” an epic based mostly on James Clavell’s historic fiction, which led the nominations with 25 total.

Although produced by Disney-owned FX, and shot in Canada, it contains a primarily Japanese solid and subtitles, making it solely the second non-English-language present to earn a finest drama nomination, after South Korea’s “Squid Recreation” two years in the past.

With 14 wins within the minor classes, “Shogun” has already eclipsed the earlier document for variety of Emmys for a drama in a single season, set by “Recreation of Thrones” with 12.

Its greatest rival this 12 months is former drama winner “The Crown.”

The ultimate season of Netflix’s British royal saga drew a lukewarm response from critics, however Elizabeth Debicki is tipped for finest supporting actress as Princess Diana.

Father-and-son appearing duo Eugene and Daniel Levy will host the ceremony, which begins at 5:00 pm (0000 GMT Monday).