More excellent casting news from Starz upcoming American Gods series – Orlando Jones will be joining the cast as African trickster god Anansi, also known by the human name of “Mr. Nancy”. This is a huge moment for Jones, as this character figures prominently into the action and has a great deal of interaction with Mr. Wednesday...
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As far back as July 2014, Starz had committed to producing an adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods. Quite some time has passed since then, but it seems the series is now finally coming to fruition. American Gods is a television adaptation of the Neil Gaiman novel of the same name. It chronicles the tale of Shadow, an ex-con who is...
Deadline has posted a first look at the doc about Neil Gaiman, the patron saint of geeks and fantasy lovers everywhere. The documentary about Gaiman, (exalted just as much by yours truly as the next nerd over) is told from his point of view interspersed by interviews with Terry Pratchett, Bill Hader, Michael Sheen, Lenny Henry, Wil...
Cloris Leachman has been cast as Zorya Vechernyaya, Peter Stormare as Czernobog the Slavic god of evil, Chris Obi will play Anubis, the Egyptian God of the Dead, and Mousa Kraish will join as The Jinn. Starz’s TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s novel of the same name has begun filming in Toronto, with Bryan Fuller and Michael...
Ever since Starz announced they would be adapting the popular Neil Gaiman property American Gods, anticipation for it has been rife. While some casting announcements have already been made – Ricky Whittle, Emily Browning, Ian McShane, Sean Harris – the list continue to expand. Most recently in the form of actors Crispin Glover and...
Crime of the week: When philanthropist Tim Dunlear is found dead, Lucifer explores his good side by becoming a benefactor for Tim’s glitzy charity. The wife did it. It’s always the spouse. We’re nearing the end of the season, and Lucifer is finally is finally figuring a few things out about the conditions of his mortality. Yes...
Neil Gaiman‘s American Gods is being turned into a series on Starz. As you may know, Hannibal‘s Bryan Fuller is showrunner and Ian McShane and Ricky Whittle were recently cast as Mr. Wednesday and Shadow Moon. Now we know who’s playing Laura Moon, Shadow’s wife. Emily Browning (Suckerpunch, Lemony Snicket’s A...
The film adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s beautiful graphic novel saga detailing the tale of Morpheus, Lord of Dreams, will be directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who will also star. Eric Heisserer is known for horror classics like Nightmare on Elm Street and The Thing, and also has several projects in progress at New...
The Starz adaptation of Neil Gaiman‘s incredible novel American Gods has a new cast member. According to Deadline, Ian McShane (Deadwood, Hercules, American Horror Story) will play Mr. Wednesday. He’ll play opposite Ricky Whittle‘s Shadow Moon, an ex-con who travels as a bodyguard to Mr. Wednesday, one of the old gods as...
We have a new casting announcement for the new Starz series American Gods based on the book by Neil Gaiman. The 100‘s Ricky Whittle has been cast in the lead role of Shadow Moon. Shadow is the main protagonist of the book and the story is told from his viewpoint. The news came in a press release from the cable network. Check it out...