Production has started this week in Toronto, Canada on the new TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods.

Ths series has been developed by Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller and Michael Green (Heroes) for Starz with Gaiman.

The 10-episode first season’s cast is led by Ricky Whittle (The 100) as Shadow Moon, alongside Ian McShane (Deadwood) as Mr. Wednesday, Emily Browning (Legend) as Laura Moon, Sean Harris (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation) as Mad Sweeney, Yetide Badaki (Masters of Sex) as Bilquis, Bruce Langley (Deadly Waters) as Technical Boy, Crispin Glover (Back to the Future) as Mr World and Jonathan Tucker (Kingdom) as Low Key Lyesmith.

The cast also includes Cloris Leachman (Malcolm in The Middle) as Zorya Vechernyaya, Peter Stormare (Prison Break) as Czernobog, Chris Obi (The Counselor) as Anubis and Mousa Kraish (Fast & Furious) as The Jinn.

Gaiman’s acclaimed contemporary fantasy novel tells the story of 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, is an ex-con who becomes bodyguard and traveling partner to Mr. Wednesday, a conman but in reality one of the older gods, on a cross-country mission to gather his forces in preparation to battle the new deities.

American Gods is expected to begin airing in the US later this year. A UK broadcaster has not been been announced.

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