TV: American Gods

Starz has greenlighted a series adaptation of Neil Gaiman's American Gods, Variety reported. Bryan Fuller and Michael Green, who are writing the screenplay, will serve as showrunners and executive producers. Gaiman will also executive produce for FremantleMedia North America.

"I am thrilled, ‎scared, delighted, nervous and a ball of glorious anticipation," said Gaiman. "The team that is going to bring the world of American Gods to the screen has been assembled like the master criminals in a caper movie: I'm relieved and confident that my baby is in good hands. Now we finally move to the exciting business that fans have been doing for the last dozen years: casting our Shadow, our Wednesday, our Laura."

Variety also noted that Starz "is looking to build buzz for the project by promoting the search for the right actor to limn the lead character with the social-media effort #CastingShadow, inviting fans to weigh on who should get the gig."

"We hope to create a series that honors the book and does right by the fans, who have been casting it in their minds for years," said Starz CEO Chris Albrecht.

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