Ryan Murphy Goes Inside ‘The Shards’: How Bret Easton Ellis’ Dark Memoir of Love and Murder Was Made for TV: “We Saw 500 Actors for These Parts” (Exclusive) - The Hollywood Reporter

Ryan Murphy is adapting Bret Easton Ellis’s novel 'The Shards' into a television series set in 1980s Los Angeles. The production process involved an extensive casting search for the show's affluent teenage characters.