When Shadow Moon is
released from
prison, he meets the
mysterious Mr.
Wednesday and a
storm begins to
brew. Little does
Shadow know, this
storm will change
the course of his
entire life. Left
adrift by the
recent, tragic death
of his wife, and
suddenly hired as
Mr. Wednesday’s
bodyguard, Shadow
finds himself in the
center of a world
that he struggles to
understand. It’s a
hidden world where
magic is real, where
the Old Gods fear
both irrelevance and
the growing power of
the New Gods, like
Technology and
Media. Mr. Wednesday
seeks to build a
coalition of Old
Gods to defend their
existence in this
new America, and
reclaim some of the
influence that
they’ve lost. As
Shadow travels
across the country
with Mr. Wednesday,
he struggles to
accept this new
reality, and his
place in it.
Starz announced
today it has picked
up a second season
of its deity-driven,
critically-acclaimed
original series
"American Gods,"
produced by
FremantleMedia North
America (FMNA),
following its
premiere on STARZ on
April 30, which has
garnered more than 5
million
multiplatform
viewers to-date and
growing.* Adapted
from the
award-winning novel,
"American Gods"
posits a different
kind of war brewing
- one between Old
Gods and New. The
traditional Old
Gods, with
mythological roots
from around the
world, fear
irrelevance as their
believers die off or
are seduced by the
money, technology,
and celebrity
offered by the New
Gods. Shadow Moon
(Ricky Whittle) is
an ex-con who, left
adrift by the recent
death of his wife,
becomes bodyguard
and traveling
partner to conman
Mr. Wednesday (Ian
McShane). But in
truth, Mr. Wednesday
is a powerful old
deity, on a
cross-country
mission to build an
army and reclaim his
lost glory.
PRINCIPAL CAST
INFORMATION:
·
Beth Grant as Jack
· Bruce Langley as
Technical Boy
·
Chris Obi as Anubis
· Cloris Leachman as
Zorya Vechernyaya
· Corbin Bernsen as
Vulcan
· Crispin
Glover as Mr. World
· Dane Cook as
Robbie
· Demore
Barnes as Mr. Ibis
· Emily Browning as
Laura Moon
·
Gillian Anderson as
Media
· Ian
McShane as Mr.
Wednesday
·
Jeremy Davies as
Jesus
· Jonathan
Tucker as Low Key
Lyesmith
·
Kristin Chenoweth as
Easter
· Mousa
Kraish as The Jinn
· Omid Abtahi as
Salim
· Orlando
Jones as Mr. Nancy
· Pablo Schreiber as
Mad Sweeney
·
Peter Stormare as
Czernobog
· Ricky
Whittle as Shadow
Moon
· Yetide
Badaki as Bilquis
RECURRING/PREVIOUS
CAST INFORMATION:
· Sean Harris as Mad
Sweeney (Original
Pilot)
CREW
INFORMATION:
·
Bryan Fuller as
CRTR/EP
· Craig
Cegielski as EP
·
David Slade as DIR
(Pilot)
· Michael
Green as CRTR/EP
· Neil Gaiman as
EP/BOOK
·
Stefanie Berk as EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· FremantleMedia
North America
"American Gods" is
produced by
FremantleMedia North
America. Bryan
Fuller ("Hannibal,"
"Pushing Daisies,"
"Heroes") and
Michael Green
("Blade Runner
2049," "Alien:
Covenant," "Murder
on the Orient
Express," "Kings,"
"Heroes") are
writers and
showrunners. David
Slade ("Hannibal,"
"The Twilight Saga:
Eclipse") is
directing the pilot
and additional
episodes. FMNA's
Craig Cegielski and
Stefanie Berk are
executive producers
along with Fuller,
Green, Slade, Adam
Kane and Neil
Gaiman. Senior Vice
Presidents of
Original Programming
Marta Fernandez and
Ken Segna are the
Starz executives in
charge of "American
Gods."
Starz
retains all network
pay TV and SVOD
rights, as well as
certain DVD
distribution rights
in the US and
Canada, to the
project.
FremantleMedia is
distributing the
series in all other
media worldwide.
Written by Neil
Gaiman in 2001,
American Gods has
been translated into
over 30 languages
and earned numerous
accolades including
Hugo, Nebula and
Bram Stoker Awards
for Best Novel.
About Starz
Starz
(www.starz.com), a
Lionsgate company
(NYSE: LGF.A,
LGF.B), is a leading
global media and
entertainment
company that
provides premium
subscription video
programming on
domestic U.S. pay
television networks
and produces and
distributes content
for worldwide
audiences, including
its investment in
the STARZ PLAY
Arabia OTT service.
Starz is home to the
flagship STARZ(R)
brand with 24.3
million subscribers
in the United States
as of December 31,
2016, with the STARZ
ENCORESM network at
31 million
subscribers. Starz
provides
high-quality,
entertaining premium
subscription video
programming with 17
premium pay TV
channels and
associated on-demand
and online services,
including the STARZ
app. Sold through
U.S. multichannel
video distributors,
including cable
operators, satellite
television
providers,
telecommunications
companies, and other
online and digital
platforms, Starz
offers subscribers
more than 5,000
distinct premium
television episodes
and feature films
every year and up to
1,500 every month,
including STARZ
Original series,
first-run movies and
other popular movie
and television
programming.
About FremantleMedia
North America
FremantleMedia
North America (FMNA)
is a premier content
studio. FMNA and its
portfolio of
companies, including
Random House Studio,
Original Productions
and 495 Productions,
create entertaining
and innovative
scripted and
alternative programs
for network, cable,
syndicated and
digital partners.
Its diverse,
critically-acclaimed
and award-winning
slate includes
America's Got Talent
(NBC), Family Feud
(SYN), Let's Make A
Deal (CBS), The
Price Is Right
(CBS), The Great
Christmas Light
Fight (ABC),
Deadliest Catch
(Discovery), Jay
Leno's Garage (CNBC)
Married to Medicine
(Bravo), Martha and
Snoop's Potluck
Dinner Party (VH1),
Blue Collar
Millionaires (CNBC),
Ice Road Truckers
(HISTORY), Storage
Wars (A&E),
Celebrity Family
Feud (ABC), To Tell
The Truth (ABC),
Match Game (ABC) and
American Gods
(STARZ), among
others. FMNA also
operates BUZZR, a
retro game show
channel that
launched in 2015,
and is available in
the top 10 U.S.
markets, and 65
percent of the
country.
FMNA
is the U.S. arm of
global media giant
FremantleMedia,
which includes a
distribution arm,
FremantleMedia
International, a
digital and branded
entertainment
division and a kids
& family
entertainment
business. As one of
the world's largest
and most successful
creators, producers
and distributors of
TV brands in the
world,
FremantleMedia's
comprehensive global
network has
operations in 31
countries, creating
over 10,000 hours of
programming a year,
rolling out more
than 45 formats and
managing over 350
individual titles.
The company also
distributes more
than 20,000 hours of
content in over 200
territories. For
more information
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