Starz and FremantleMedia North America began production earlier this week on the 10-episode first season of American Gods - the adaptation of Neil Gaiman's fantasy novel of the same name.

Credit: 2017 Starz Entertainment, LLC

Credit: 2017 Starz Entertainment, LLC

Taking place in Toronto, Canada, the filming will continue there as well as in additional locations across America.

With a cast of big names including Ricky Whittle as Shadow Moon, Ian McShane as Mr. Wednesday, Emily Browning as Laura Moon, Sean Harris as Mad Sweeney, Yetide Badaki as Bilquis, Bruce Langley as Technical Boy, Crispin Glover as Mr World and Jonathan Tucker as Low Key Lyesmith, additional names have now been added.

Neil Gaiman / Credit: 2017 Starz Entertainment, LLC
Neil Gaiman / Credit: 2017 Starz Entertainment, LLC

Cloris Leachman joins as Zorya Vechernyaya whilst Peter Stormare will play Czernobog and Chris Obi will play Anubis. Mousa Kraish is also onboard, stepping into the role of The Jinn.

Zorya Vechernyaya is described as "the eldest of three sisters who watch over the constellations, guarding against horrors forgotten by modern man. Once accustomed to royal status, the sisters have learned to survive on far less in a country that has no memory of them."

Czernobog is "a Slavic God of darkness and evil, reluctant to join the coming war [and] wary of Wednesday's motivations."

Credit: 2017 Starz Entertainment, LLC
Credit: 2017 Starz Entertainment, LLC

Then there's Anubis, "the commanding ancient Egyptian God of the dead, gently guiding mortals through the judgment of their souls", and The Jinn, "a mythical creature of the fire who understands a person's deepest desires better than they do. He fears for his safety with the coming war, and considers fleeing America."

American Gods is produced by FremantleMedia North America. Bryan Fuller and Michael Green serve as writers as showrunners, with David Slade directing both the pilot and additional episodes. FMNA's Craig Cegielski and Stefanie Berk are executive producers on the series along with Fuller, Green, Slade and Neil Gaiman. Senior Vice Presidents of Original Programming Marta Fernandez and Ken Segna are the Starz executives in charge of American Gods.


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