‘American Gods’ Started Shooting; Here’s What You Need to Know

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American Gods has finally started production! Novelist Neil Gaiman took to his twitter to announce that production had begun with this picture and the caption, “Oh yes. It’s happening. It’s really happening.” So what is American Gods? Here’s the rundown…

First published in 2001, American Gods has sold over a million copies and been translated into over 20 languages. A television adaptation has been in various states of pre-production since 2010. But Starz endured, and the series will probably debut on the cable channel in 2017.

The novel is being adapted by two showrunners: Bryan Fuller, whose writing credits include Hannibal, Pushing Daisies, and Heroes, and Michael Green, who wrote for Smallville, and is working on the scripts for the sequels to Blade Runner, Wolverine, and Alien. David Slade of Hannibal, Breaking Bad, and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse notoriety will direct the pilot and several more of the 10 episode series.

The fantasy novel follows Mr. Wednesday, a mysterious con man, and his bodyguard Shadow, an ex-con, as they travel across the country to gather Mr. Wednesday’s associates for a coming war between gods of the old world and the new gods that have arisen from America’s cultural obsessions like technology and media. And that’s all I can really say without spoiling major plot points.

Ricky Whittle from The 100 will play Shadow, Ian McShane of Deadwood fame is Mr. Wednesday, and Suckerpunch’s Emily Browning plays Shadow’s dead wife. Rounding out the cast as some of the old gods are Cloris Leachman, Peter Stormare, Chris Obi, Sean Harris, and Jonathan Tucker. Bruce Langley will play the Technical Boy, a new god trying to sway Shadow to his side of the war, and Crispin Glover is the series’ antagonist, Mr. World.

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