‘American Gods’ is Coming to Life on Starz!
Starz has announced they’ve given the greenlight to the adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed contemporary fantasy novel American Gods from FremantleMedia North America. Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Pushing Daisies, Heroes) and Michael Green (The River, Kings, Heroes),have been named showrunners for the highly anticipated new series. Production is scheduled to begin once Shadow Moon, the lead role has been cast. Starz is encouraging fans to tweet @AmericanGodsSTZ and @STARZ_Channel using the hashtag #CastingShadow to share who they think should play the role of “Shadow Moon.”
The plot posits a war brewing between old and new gods: the traditional gods of biblical and mythological roots from around the world steadily losing believers to an upstart pantheon of gods reflecting society’s modern love of money, technology, media, celebrity and drugs. Its protagonist, Shadow Moon, is an ex-con who becomes bodyguard and traveling partner to Mr. Wednesday, a conman but in reality one of the older gods, on a cross-country mission to gather his forces
in preparation to battle the new deities.
The CEO of Starz CEO Chris says that “STARZ is committed to bring American Gods to its legions of fans. With our partners at FremantleMedia and with Bryan, Michael and Neil guiding the project, we hope to create a series that honors the book and does right by the fans, who have been casting it in their minds for years. The search for Shadow begins today!” While showrunners, Bryan Fuller and Michael Green comment on the series saying “Almost 15 years ago, Neil Gaiman filled a toy box with gods and magic and we are thrilled to finally crack it open and play. We’re grateful to have STARZ above us and FremantleMedia at our backs as we appease the gods, American or otherwise.” And executive producer, Neil Gaiman shares, “I am thrilled, scared, delighted, nervous and a ball of glorious anticipation. The team that is going to bring the world of American Gods to the screen has been assembled like the master criminals in a caper movie: I’m relieved and confident that my baby is in good hands. Now we finally move to the exciting business that fans have been doing for the last dozen years: casting our Shadow, our Wednesday, our Laura…”
We can’t wait for American Gods come to life on our TV screens! And if you have any suggestions on who you think should be Shadow Moon, make sure to tweet Starz and share your picks with us in the comments section below.
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