Bosco685 Posted June 3, 2016 Author Share Posted June 3, 2016 Gillian Anderson Joins Neil Gaiman's American Gods Cast as Media Gillian Anderson is the latest big name to join the cast of American Gods, the Starz television show adapting Neil Gaiman's celebrated novel. She joins the series as Media, the voice of the newly emerging gods - think of her as the PR person of the deities. How is this particular god worshipped? Well, her altar is any digital screen. Anytime someone looks at a TV or a laptop or a smartphone or a tablet, they're giving her power; so basically she's the most powerful god that ever lived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annihilus Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 I was pretty skeptical about this adaptation, but am slowly beginning to get my hopes up. Dammit, just what I need...something else to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadroch Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 I hope they film at the real House on the Rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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50 Cent #II (1st) Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 That trailer looks great. This year it's Preacher, next year it may be American Gods for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted August 19, 2016 Author Share Posted August 19, 2016 Wow! Corbin Bernsen Joins American Gods Cast As Vulcan It looks like Starz has cast yet another actor in American Gods, an upcoming series based on Neil Gaiman’s award-winning book. Actor Corbin Bernsen has been tapped to play Vulcan in the adaptation. In American Gods, Vulcan is an ally of Mr. Wednesday/Odin. The old god, however, finds himself at odds with Mr. Wednesday when the latter decides to challenge the world’s new pantheon of gods. Vulcan’s powers have helped him secure a more stable position in the modern world than that of his friends, leaving him conflicted about which pantheon he should support. After all, Vulcan is the Roman equivalent of Haphaestus, the god of fire and metalwork. Known for his unmatched tinkering skills, Vulcan would be revered by any materialistic society who treasures anything from houses to weapons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted September 1, 2016 Author Share Posted September 1, 2016 American Gods Casts Jeremy Davies As Jesus Entertainment Weekly reports, Jeremy Davies has landed the role of Jesus in American Gods, a television adaptation of Neil Gaiman's 2001 novel of the same name. Based on his official character description, Jesus' story arc will intertwine with Kristin Chenoweth's Easter, a.k.a. Ostara. The description reads: “Resurrected on Ostara’s feast day, Jesus has always been generous in sharing the Easter holiday with the ancient goddess. But the overly empathetic Son of God would be crushed to know that Ostara harbors some deeply buried resentment over the issue.” American Gods will premiere on Starz in 2017. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted September 12, 2016 Author Share Posted September 12, 2016 ‘American Gods’ To Launch On Amazon Prime In Germany, Austria, UK & Japan Starz’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed contemporary fantasy novel American Gods will launch exclusively for Amazon Prime members in Germany, Austria, the UK and Japan in 2017. Amazon picked up the series from FremantleMedia International, which is distributing the series worldwide American Gods is slated to premiere on Starz stateside in 2017 as well. American Gods tells the story of a war brewing between old and new gods. Starring Ricky Whittle as protagonist ex-con Shadow Moon, Ian McShane as Mr. Wednesday who enlists Shadow Moon as part of his cross-country mission and Emily Browning as Shadow’s wife, Laura Moon. American Gods also features Gillian Anderson as Media, the mouthpiece for the New Gods. The drama uncovers a power struggle between the traditional gods of mythological roots from around the world and an upstart pantheon of gods whose behavior reflects society’s modern love of money, technology, media, celebrity and drugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 New ‘American Gods’ Photo Reveals ‘Vulcan’ Tweak to Gaiman’s Novel Read More: 'American Gods' Photo Reveals 'Vulcan' Tweak to Gaiman Novel Bryan Fuller is no stranger to remixing and re-imagining established canon, as we’ll soon re-learn with Starz’s long-gestating adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods. Now, a new photo reveals a fresh addition to Shadow Moon’s opposing deities, as Corbin Bernsen takes a role as the unofficial God of Guns. Per Entertainment Weekly, the former Psych star will play Vulcan, a character based on the Roman god of metalworking and volcanoes, and ergo a major figure in the country where explosive metalwork permeates almost every corner of political debate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 'It’s going to be darker. And that’s OK' American Gods is Gaiman's coming-to-America story. Born in Hampshire, he moved in 1992 to New York, where he still lives, and he wanted to write about his adopted home. He saw a nation of immigrants: a country, as he puts it, where no one is from. But in place of the usual hopeful fables, the journey he described was dark and riven with violence. In a plot line that now feels prophetic, Gaiman imagined a pair of con-men who feed off chaos. Down on their luck, they devise their biggest con: a plan to fool a country and everyone in it. Now, after years in development, American Gods has been adapted into a television series, airing on Amazon Prime Video in the UK this spring. Gaiman, who wrote the show with Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller, is pleased with what he's seen. "It doesn't feel dated," he says. But he doesn't enjoy the prescience of his vision. He sighs: "Even then it was weird. The first signing of the American book tour was in the Twin Towers on June 19, 2001. If anything, I feel like I was writing about stuff that was in the wind, and the wind has just been concentrating over the past 20 years." The same foreboding, this time deliberate, runs through Gaiman's latest work. Norse Mythology, out on February 7, retells the myths of the Norse gods - including Odin and Loki, the two grifters of American Gods, who've played the role of villains in Gaiman's work since Sandman. The idea germinated eight years ago, when Gaiman was starting a relationship with the musician Amanda Palmer. She was diligently reading his back catalogue, including American Gods. "She really hadn't got it and she kept saying, 'I wish this was annotated,'" Gaiman recalls. "I thought it would be interesting just to do a retelling." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Doc McCoy Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Early review is in! http://www.slashfilm.com/american-gods-review/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aweandlorder Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 I really think this will be a huge hit. Reason? Demographics... Male, female, AA, Hispanic.. This show will work for everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 3 hours ago, Doc McCoy said: Early review is in! http://www.slashfilm.com/american-gods-review/ That sounds promising! I'm a big fan of the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted March 16, 2017 Author Share Posted March 16, 2017 6 hours ago, piper said: That sounds promising! I'm a big fan of the book. Still have my OO copy. I was so impressed with the concept and overall story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted April 16, 2017 Author Share Posted April 16, 2017 TV Review: American Gods Quote Set for a limited eight episode first season, American Gods is a complex and layered fantasy drama that almost defies categorization. Over the first four episodes provided to us for review, we are introduced to over a dozen characters ranging from Peter Stormare's hammer-wielding Slavic checkers player, Cloris Leachman's aged fortune teller, Pablo Schrieber's pugilistic Irishman, the sexually voracious (literally) Bilquis played by Yetide Badaki, and Emily Browning's duplicitous Laura Moon. But, the majority of our time is spent with Ricky Whittle and Ian McShane. Whittle, who plays the lead character of Shadow Moon, an ex-con drawn into the world of McShane's Mr. Wednesday, is the skeptic forced into a fantastical series of events that defy explanation. In fact, we as viewers are given very little explanation as to what the hell is going on. The screeners provided had no sort of opening credits, diving directly into the story which centers around a bizarre variation on the great American road trip. Make no mistake, American Gods is not for the squeamish. This show packs in a lot of quite odd stuff, much of which was not in Neil Gaiman's novel. The author himself aided in the development of new characters and additional plot elements not in his novels which means there is a lot in this show that will be a mystery for fans of the book. But, the story does follow the familiar beats of the novel and blends Gaiman's sense of humor with a story that will confound and frustrate you and yet keep you glued to the television to find out just what the hell is going on. Taken as four consecutive hours of viewing, I found myself unable to take a break and sat through all the episodes without missing a step. American Gods feels like someone locked Guillermo Del Toro, Tim Burton and Steven Spielberg in a room with a copy of On the Road and a bunch of LSD and then turned off the lights. I encourage everyone to give this show a shot. I have not been as confident in a series right off the bat since Netflix's Stranger Things and that show blew up all over the place. American Gods is hilarious, shocking, artistic, disturbing and flat out fun. Do not miss the chance to be a part of what is bound to be the most buzzed about new series of the year. If you have not read the book yet, don't. Set your DVR to catch the first episode of American Gods and you will be back every week for the next two months. The first season of American Gods premieres April 30th on Starz. Overall Score: 9.0/10.0 piper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 1 minute ago, Bosco685 said: TV Review: American Gods That's awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Good but very graphic first episode! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
