We’ve been waiting with baited breath for a look at the American Gods TV Show and it was worth every second…
The TV Adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s 2001 novel arrives on Starz in 2017 and here’s our first look at Shadow (Ricky Whittle), Mr. Wednesday (Ian McShane), and Mad Sweeney (Pablo Schreiber) in Jack’s Crocodile Bar from the book where Shadow fights a Leprechaun and Friday hires him as his muscle.
Exec producer Bryan Fuller says of the scene: “It was one of the sets that we were the most excited about and an opportunity to do a tonal landgrab for what we are and what the style of the show will be. [Jack’s] is a kind of hillbilly chic aesthetic for Shadow’s entrée into the world of the gods.”
Fuller goes on to say how awesome and darkly funny (like we need told) McShane is in the role: “I think the comedy and charm and ease of Wednesday’s appeal is very well-suited for Ian McShane. He has a vibrancy as Wednesday that could have gone so many different ways in other actors’ hands, but has such a specificity and reality, despite the situation at hand.”
As for Shadow’s character? “His experience of [the world of the gods] is very genuine and grounded, and we want to watch him be introduced to and beaten up by this new reality.”
It looks great and we continue to be more and more excited for this one…
What about you guys?
The plot of American Gods posits a war brewing between old and new gods: the traditional gods of 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 (Ricky Whittle), is an ex-con who becomes bodyguard and traveling partner to Mr. Wednesday (Ian McShane), a conman who in reality is one of the older gods, on a cross-country mission to gather his forces in preparation to battle the new deities
Bryan Fuller and Michael Green are writers and showrunners of American Gods.David Slade is directing the pilot and additional episodes. FremantleMedia North America’s Craig Cegielski and Stefanie Berk are executive producing the series along with Fuller, Green, Slade and Gaiman. FremantleMedia is distributing the series worldwide.
Source: EW
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