Neil Gaiman’s ‘American Gods’ Heading To Starz With Bryan Fuller & Michael Green

“Hannibal” boss Bryan Fuller has a new project in the works – “American Gods.”

Fuller and Michael Green (f”Heroes,” “The River”) are teaming up as showrunners and writers of the new series for Starz, based on Neil Gaiman’s best-selling book of the same name.

“Almost 15 years ago, Neil Gaiman filled a toy box with gods and magic and we are thrilled to finally crack it open and play. We’re grateful to have Starz above us and FremantleMedia at our backs as we appease the gods, American or otherwise,” Fuller and Green said in a joint statement.

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In the show, Shadow Moon is an ex-con who, on the way to the funeral of wife Laura, has a chance run-in on an airplane with someone called Mr. Wednesday. Mr. Wednesday is more than a conman himself, but an older god, hoping to gather forces together to battle the new gods.

Gaiman, who will serve as an executive producer on the show, is excited to see his work come to life on the cable network.

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“I am thrilled, ‎scared, delighted, nervous and a ball of glorious anticipation. 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,” Gaiman said. “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.”

— Jolie Lash