Starz has announced that American Gods has been renewed for a second season, which should premiere in mid-2018. There’s no word on an episode count as of yet, but it should at least equal season one’s total of eight.
“Bryan Fuller, Michael Green and Neil Gaiman have evolved the art form of television narratively, structurally and graphically with American Gods, and we’re thrilled to be working again with these artists as they continue to build the worlds and wars of the gods,” Starz programming president Carmi Zlotnik said today.
Based on the Neil Gaiman novel of the same name and developed for television by Bryan Fuller and Michael Green (Hannibal), American Gods tells the story of Shadow Moon (Ricky Whittle), an ex-con who finds himself at a crossroads after being released early from prison due to his wife’s death. He soon lands a job working with conman Mr. Wednesday (Ian McShane), but what Shadow doesn’t know is that Mr. Wednesday is an old god looking to raise an army of fellow old gods and take down the upstart new gods that threaten their reign.
In addition to McShane and Whittle, American Gods stars Cloris Leachman (Raising Hope), Jonathan Tucker (Kingdom), Pablo Schreiber (Orange is the New Black), Gillian Anderson (The X-Files), and Emily Browning (Sucker Punch). The series joins a scripted slate for Starz that includes Power, Outlander, and Ash vs Evil Dead.
American Gods airs Sundays at 9:00 on Starz.
