Starz and FremantleMedia North America announced today that Yetide Badaki (Aquarius, Masters of Sex), Sean Harris (The Borgias, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation) and Bruce Langley (Deadly Waters) have all joined the American Gods cast. Badaki will play Bilquis, Harris, Mad Sweeney and Langley, Technical Boy in the upcoming adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed contemporary fantasy novel. The […]
Starz and FremantleMedia North America announced today that Emily Browning (Sucker Punch, Legend) has been cast as Laura Moon for the upcoming television adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed contemporary fantasy novel, American Gods. The series will begin shooting in April. “I’ve been fascinated by Emily Browning since ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’,” says Gaiman. “She has […]
Neil Gaiman and Bryan Fuller have announced via social media that Ian McShane (Deadwood) has signed on to play Mr. Wednesday in their Starz series based on Gaiman’s besteller –American Gods‘. Ian McShane joins a cast that already includes Ricky Whittle as Shadow Moon. “I’m called Glad-of-War, Grim, Raider, and Third,” says the ancient god of […]
Starz and FremantleMedia North America announced today that Ricky Whittle (“The 100,” Austenland) has been cast as Shadow Moon in the upcoming adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed contemporary fantasy novel, American Gods. The American Gods series will begin shooting in April. Neil Gaiman said, “I’m thrilled that Ricky has been cast as Shadow. His auditions […]
Starz has given a greenlight to FremantleMedia North America’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed contemporary fantasy novel “American Gods.” Bryan Fuller (“Hannibal,” “Pushing Daisies,” “Heroes”) and Michael Green (“The River,” “Kings,” “Heroes”), will pen and showrun the series. Gaiman will also executive produce the series. FremantleMedia North America will produce. Start of production is dependent […]
Starz has announced a script to series development of FremantleMedia North America’s (FMNA) adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed urban fantasy novel “American Gods.” The pilot script will be penned by Bryan Fuller (“Hannibal,” “Pushing Daisies,” “Heroes”) and Michael Green (“The River,” “Kings,” “Heroes”), who will also showrun the series. They will executive produce along with […]
Plans to bring Neil Gaiman’s bestseller American Gods to the small screen are back on track today FremantleMedia reveals that it has secured the rights to the fantasy novel and has Gaiman himself set to executive produce a television series adaptation. The plot posits a war brewing between old and new gods: the traditional gods […]