On Friday, during the American Gods panel at San Diego Comic-Con, co-showrunner Bryan Fuller announced that Emmy and Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth, who starred in his short-lived series Pushing Daisies, is joining the cast and will play Easter, the Germanic goddess of the dawn.. Chenoweth then appeared on stage, meeting the cast for the first time.
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“I’m exited to be reunited with my Bryan Fuller,” she said (via Deadline). “This actually the first time I’ve met some of the cast. I can’t wait come in your play box and scratch around.”
Chenoworth, a proud Christian, added, “Easter is very pissed that Jesus took her holiday.”
American Gods has been translated into over 30 languages and earned numerous accolades including Hugo, Nebula and Bram Stoker Awards for Best Novel. The plot posits 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 produced by FremantleMedia North America. Bryan Fuller (“Hannibal,” “Pushing Daisies,” “Heroes”) and Michael Green (“The River,” “Kings,” “Heroes”) are writers and showrunners. David Slade (“Hannibal,” “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”) is directing the pilot and additional episodes. FMNA’s Craig Cegielski and Stefanie Berk are executive producing the series along with Fuller, Green, Slade and Neil Gaiman.
The cast features Ricky Whittle as Shadow Moon, Ian McShane as Mr. Wednesday, Emily Browning as Laura Moon, Pablo Schreiber as Mad Sweeney, Yetide Badaki as Bilquis, Bruce Langley as Technical Boy, Crispin Glover as Mr. World, Jonathan Tucker as Low Key Lyesmith, Gillian Anderson as Media, Peter Stormare as Czernobog, Orlando Jones as Mr. Nancy, Demore Barnes as Mr. Ibis, and Cloris Leachman as Zorya Vechernyaya.
American Gods will premiere on Starz in 2017.
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LOS ANGELES, CA – MAY 16: (L-R) Executive producer's Bryan Fuller and Michael Green speak onstage at the "American Gods" Crafts FYC Event at Linwood Dunn Theater on May 16, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for STARZ Entertainment LLC 2017)
