American Gods coming to TV
Rumors of Neil Gaiman’s famed novel American Gods coming to television have been circulating for a while now, so it is hugely exciting that the project has finally found a home. Starz network announced that they would take on the contemporary classic with Brian Fuller and Michael Green showrunning. Gaiman himself will act as executive producer on the show, and he couldn’t be more excited, he had quite a lot to say about the new project:
“When you create something like American Gods, which attracts fans and obsessives and people who tattoo quotes from it on themselves or each other, and who all, tattooed or not, just care about it deeply, it’s really important to pick your team carefully: you don’t want to let the fans down, or the people who care and have been casting it online since the dawn of recorded history. What I love most about the team who I trust to take it out to the world, is that they are the same kind of fanatics that American Gods has attracted since the start. I haven’t actually checked Bryan Fuller or Michael Green for quote tattoos, but I would not be surprised if they have them. The people at Fremantle are the kinds of people who have copies of American Gods in the bottom of their backpacks after going around the world, and who press them on their friends. And the team at Starz have been quite certain that they wanted to give Shadow, Wednesday and Laura a home since they first heard that the book was out there.I can’t wait to see what they do to bring the story to the widest possible audience able to cope with it.”
Neil Gaiman courtesy of Guardian.com
Both Fuller and Green have a huge amount of experience having each worked on several high profile shows such as Hannibal and Heroes respectively which should help with such a challenging story. The story of Shadow’s adventures will not be easy to adapt since American Gods is the kind of novel that has inspired an intensely loyal fandom. Starz Managing Director appears to be up for the challenge, he promised “a series that honors the book and does right by the fans and viewers.” Let’s hope Starz delivers.
