American Gods TV adaptation to begin production in March

The Starz version of Neil Gaiman’s novel is currently casting the role of Shadow Moon, with British soap star Ricky Whittle among fan-favoured actors

The long-awaited TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s best-selling modern fantasy novel American Gods has a production start date – and the search to find the actor who will play lead character Shadow Moon is nearing an end.

The US channel Starz gave the greenlight to the production by FremantleMedia North America in June, with the recently cancelled Hannibal’s Bryan Fuller and Michael Green (Heroes) as showrunners.

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