Gillian Anderson reteams with her Hannibal
showrunner Bryan Fuller in the highly anticipated TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman's American
Gods on Starz.
American Gods centers on 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 (The 100's Ricky Whittle), is an ex-con
who becomes bodyguard and traveling partner to Mr. Wednesday
(Ian McShane), 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.
Anderson is set to play Media, the public face of the New Gods, who takes
the form of various celebrities, living off the attention and worship that
people give to screens (laptops, TV, smartphones). "Ever the perky
spokesperson, and always in control, she spins stories in whatever direction
best suits her."
Fuller and Smallville producer Michael Green are both
attached as writers and showrunners, with David Slade ("Hannibal")
directing the pilot as well as any future episodes.
American Gods also stars Emily Browning ("Sucker
Punch"), Yetide Badaki ("Sequestered"), Bruce Langley
("Deadly Waters"), Crispin Glover ("Back to the Future"),
Jonathan Tucker ("Kingdom"), Christopher Obi ("Animal"),
Cloris Leachman ("Raising Hope"), Peter Stormare ("Fargo"),
Mouse Kraish ("Superbad"), and Pablo Schreiber ("The Wire").
Source - THR
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