{"id":11552,"date":"2015-06-16T12:51:02","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T19:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/?p=11552"},"modified":"2015-06-16T12:54:37","modified_gmt":"2015-06-16T19:54:37","slug":"starz-greenlights-neil-gaimans-american-gods-television-series-nerdist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/starz-greenlights-neil-gaimans-american-gods-television-series-nerdist\/","title":{"rendered":"Starz Greenlights Neil Gaiman\u2019s AMERICAN GODS Television Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nerdist.com\/tag\/neil-gaiman\/\" target=\"_blank\">Neil Gaiman\u2019s<\/a> 2001 novel <em><a href=\"http:\/\/nerdist.com\/tag\/american-gods\/\" target=\"_blank\">American Gods<\/a><\/em> has long been in development on cable television, first for several years at HBO, before moving on to development hell over the last few years at Starz. Well, there\u2019s good news today for all you long-suffering Gaiman fans, as Starz has finally formally announced that <em>American Gods<\/em> has been greenlit, with production set to begin soon. Bryan Fuller, the man behind hit shows like <em><a href=\"http:\/\/nerdist.com\/tag\/hannibal\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hannibal<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/nerdist.com\/tag\/pushing-daisies\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pushing Daisies<\/a>,<\/em> and<em> <a href=\"http:\/\/nerdist.com\/tag\/heroes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Heroes<\/a>, <\/em>together with\u00a0Michael Green, also from<em> Heroes<\/em>, will write\u00a0and be showrunners on this series. Neil Gaiman will also executive produce.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>For those of you who haven\u2019t read the novel, <em>American Gods<\/em>\u00a0centers around\u00a0a war brewing between old and new gods; the traditional gods of biblical and mythological\u00a0roots\u00a0from around the world, who are now steadily losing believers to\u00a0an\u00a0upstart\u00a0pantheon of\u00a0gods reflecting society\u2019s modern love of\u00a0money,\u00a0technology, media, celebrity, and drugs. The lead character,\u00a0Shadow Moon,\u00a0is\u00a0an\u00a0ex-con who becomes bodyguard\u00a0and traveling partner\u00a0to Mr. Wednesday. Mr. Wednesday is a con man\u00a0who is in reality one of the older gods on a cross-country mission to gather\u00a0his forces in preparation to battle\u00a0the new deities.<\/p>\n<p>Production will commence as soon as Shadow Moon is cast, and in this regard, Starz is looking for a little input from the fans. The producers are asking for fans of the novel to\u00a0tweet @AmericanGodsSTZ and @STARZ_Channel using the hashtag #CastingShadow to share who they think should play the role of Shadow Moon on the news series. Between this news and the upcoming <em><a href=\"http:\/\/nerdist.com\/tag\/sandman\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sandman<\/a><\/em> film from Joseph Gordon-Levitt, it\u2019s a good time to be a Gaiman fan.<a href=\"https:\/\/nerdist.com\/starz-greenlights-neil-gaimans-american-gods-television-series\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/000000000neil-gaiman-1.jpg?w=678\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/nerdist.com\/starz-greenlights-neil-gaimans-american-gods-television-series\/\">Starz Greenlights Neil Gaiman\u2019s AMERICAN GODS Television Series | Nerdist<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neil Gaiman\u2019s 2001 novel American Gods has long been in development on cable television, first for several years at HBO, before moving on to development hell over the last few years at Starz. Well, there\u2019s good news today for all you long-suffering Gaiman fans, as Starz has finally formally announced that American Gods has been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1opIU-30k","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1908,"url":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/tom-hanks-playtone-productions-announces-neil-gaimans-american-gods\/","url_meta":{"origin":11552,"position":0},"title":"Tom Hanks&#8217; Playtone Productions Announces Neil Gaiman&#8217;s &#8216;American Gods&#8217;","author":"Forbidden Panel","date":"June 11, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter by Karen Chu SINGAPORE \u2013 Tom Hanks\u2019 Playtone Productions is set to produce a six-season, open-ended series, American Gods, for HBO, based on Neil Gaiman\u2019s award-winning novel, while the company\u2019s next project, Major Matt Mason, is in talks with Robert Zemeckis to direct in 3D,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1484,"url":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/playtone-setting-neil-gaimans-american-gods-for-hbo-series\/","url_meta":{"origin":11552,"position":1},"title":"Playtone Setting Neil Gaiman&#8217;s &#8216;American Gods&#8217; For HBO Series","author":"AJ","date":"April 19, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Thanks to Deadline As HBO prepares to unveil its epic-sized series adaptation of George RR Martin'sGame of Thrones this Sunday, the payweb has begun talks to acquire the Neil Gaiman novel\u00a0American Gods to be developed into another fantasy series. 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