The pieces are coming into place on the upcoming second season of FX‘s Emmy-winning drama series 'Shōgun', which will begin filming in January. Cosmo Jarvis has closed a deal to reprise his role as English pilot John Blackthorne, joining Hiroyuki Sanada, whose pact last May to return as Lord Yoshii Toranaga paved the way to 'Shōgun‘s renewal after being originally conceived as a limited series.