First Look at Bryan Fuller and Neil Gaiman's Starz Series AMERICAN GODS

EW has a couple of first look photos from the set of the new Starz show American Gods, which is based on Neil Gaiman's popular novel of the same name. The story follows an ex-con named Shadow Moon (Ricky Whittle) as he becomes a bodyguard/driver for the mysterious Mr. Wednesday (Ian McShane), a member of the old gods caught in a battle with newer, younger gods who represent things like technology and media. (The gods gain their power through belief, like Santa, Jack Frost, etc. in the animated movie Rise of the Guardians, so the old gods are becoming an endangered species.)

The photos show Shadow facing off against a drunk leprechaun named Mad Sweeney (Pablo Schreiber, who may be best known for playing Pornstache on Orange is the New Black) in a bar as Mr. Wednesday watches, amused, from the sidelines. I haven't seen any of the show yet (it doesn't premiere until 2017), but I feel like Schreiber is wildly miscast in that role. Hopefully executive producer Bryan Fuller knew what he was doing when he cast him; the rest of the cast — including Emily Browning as Shadow's wife, Orlando Jones as Mr. Nancy, and Gillian Anderson as Media, just to name a few — seem pretty spot-on.

I was excited by the premise but let down by the book. Have you read it? What did you think, and what do you think about the show's look so far?

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