I feel like American Godsis one of those adaptations like The Dark Tower that we have been talking about for years, but that never seems to happen. Both are finally happening now (as is the oft-discussed Preacher). Filming began this month in Toronto with showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Green. The cast for the Starz adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s fantasy novel is finally set.

Here’s what the cast looks like, and it looks great.

Laura Moon — Emily Browning

Mad Sweeney — Sean Harris

Bilquis — Yetide Badaki

Mr. Wednesday — Ian McShane

Low Key Lyesmith — Jonathan Tucker

Anubis — Chris Obi

Shadow Moon — Ricky Whittle

Technical Boy — Bruce Langley

Zorya Vechernyaya — Cloris Leachman

Czernobog — Peter Stormare

The Jinn — Mousa Kraish

The World — Crispin Glover

American Gods is expected to air later this year. Also, Starz is now available as a stand-alone streaming service. If you’re still carrying Showtime, Starz has better original programming. In fact, outside of Game of Thrones/Veep/Silicon Valley, Starz may be better than HBO right now.

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