The King in Black Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 1 hour ago, HelenaExMachina said: Well they will probably want Low Key to appear when Shadow is in prison and have Mr. World as the face of the New Gods (I.e. Actually have him on screen). It would kind of ruin the ending to have them so clearly be the same person. And since gods and magic etc. it's easy enough to explain that Low Key just changes his appearance as he pleases (actually isn't that part of what he does in mythology?) Ok I read it as Mr. World wouldn't be the same entity as Low Key , that those two would be different characters altogether. My bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 9 hours ago, HelenaExMachina said: Well they will probably want Low Key to appear when Shadow is in prison and have Mr. World as the face of the New Gods (I.e. Actually have him on screen). It would kind of ruin the ending to have them so clearly be the same person. And since gods and magic etc. it's easy enough to explain that Low Key just changes his appearance as he pleases (actually isn't that part of what he does in mythology?) I suppose they could also have 'Mr World' pretending to be the man in charge, but really taking orders from Low Key. It would be a bit of a departure from the book, but it might work better on screen. Every time I write Low Key I get embarrassed by how long it took me to decipher his name properly when reading the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 3 minutes ago, williamjm said: I suppose they could also have 'Mr World' pretending to be the man in charge, but really taking orders from Low Key. It would be a bit of a departure from the book, but it might work better on screen. Every time I write Low Key I get embarrassed by how long it took me to decipher his name properly when reading the book. I'm glad I'm not the only one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 8 minutes ago, HelenaExMachina said: I'm glad I'm not the only one I don't know how Gaiman did it, but it seems to be the case for most people. I worked it out at exactly the same time Shadow did. It's obviously not going to work here though. As for Mr. World and Loki being different actors, I always got the impression that he was changing his appearance in the book anyway. Nothing directly stated but if he's posing as their driver as well as their boss, it would be a bit weird if he looked the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GallowKnight Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 19 minutes ago, polishgenius said: As for Mr. World and Loki being different actors, I always got the impression that he was changing his appearance in the book anyway. Nothing directly stated but if he's posing as their driver as well as their boss, it would be a bit weird if he looked the same. Loki has shapeshifting abilities in the myths so that would make some sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 1 hour ago, polishgenius said: I don't know how Gaiman did it, but it seems to be the case for most people. I worked it out at exactly the same time Shadow did. It's obviously not going to work here though. As for Mr. World and Loki being different actors, I always got the impression that he was changing his appearance in the book anyway. Nothing directly stated but if he's posing as their driver as well as their boss, it would be a bit weird if he looked the same. Yep, I didn't figure out until shadow did either. Or maybe a couple of paragraphs before, I don't remember exactly. It's funny in hindsight because it should be so obvious, especially with the whol two man bluff thing going on too. That was my thoughts too, that they'll have him as a different actor for his different personas, explained as Gallows Knight says here 40 minutes ago, The_Gallows_Knight said: Loki has shapeshifting abilities in the myths so that would make some sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted June 3, 2016 Author Share Posted June 3, 2016 Gillian Anderson joins! http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/gillian-anderson-american-gods-media-starz-bryan-fuller-1201788348/ Anderson will play Media, the mouthpiece for the New Gods, functioning as their public face and sales representative, by taking the form of various iconic celebrities. She lives off the attention and worship that people give to screens — to their laptops, their TVs, to their iPhones in their hands while they watch their TVs. Ever the perky spokesperson, and always in control, she spins stories in whatever direction best suits her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martini Sigil Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Starz is a really good channel... I'm really excited for this.... I also totally missed "Low Key" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The King in Black Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Even before reading it all I knew she was Media. Now Fuller just needs to somehow get Mikkelsen , Dancy and Pace on board and then it's party time. Also deadline tells me Peter Stormare is Czernobog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 7 hours ago, Friendly Neighborhood said: Even before reading it all I knew she was Media. Now Fuller just needs to somehow get Mikkelsen , Dancy and Pace on board and then it's party time. Also deadline tells me Peter Stormare is Czernobog Mikkelson is just crying out to be one of the old norse gods. Pace or Dancy could probably do the internet depending on which way they go. I think Dancy could channel the computer geek quite well. Let's get Gina Torres involved too And Gillian Anderson just makes anything a little bit better so this can only be good news for the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Omid Abtahi Joins Cast Of Starz Series Quote Omid Abtahi (Argo) has been cast in American Gods, Starz’s upcoming straight-to-series adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed contemporary fantasy novel, which is filming in Toronto. Abtahi will be recurring in Season 1 with an option to become a regular in Season 2. He will play the role of Salim, a sweet, sad, and put-upon foreigner who is one half of a pair of star-crossed lovers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted June 15, 2016 Author Share Posted June 15, 2016 Another one. Anansi Orlando Jones has joined the cast of the upcoming Starz original series “American Gods.” Jones has been cast as Mr. Nancy, and African trickster god also known as Anansi. The character is a close confidante of Mr. Wednesday, set to be played by Ian McShane http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/american-gods-cast-orlando-jones-1201796219/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 10 hours ago, AncalagonTheBlack said: Omid Abtahi Joins Cast Of Starz Series It's clearly a long time since I've read the book (probably 13 years easily) but is this a new character for the show? I'm still hoping the show expands on the book significantly as there's so much for them to play with in a longer format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GallowKnight Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 11 minutes ago, red snow said: It's clearly a long time since I've read the book (probably 13 years easily) but is this a new character for the show? I'm still hoping the show expands on the book significantly as there's so much for them to play with in a longer format. Isn't that the guy that sleeps with the Djinn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Yeah, that's the dude. Clearly an expanded role for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astromech Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Den of Geek has a nice little summary of things known so far about the adaptation. http://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/american-gods/236939/american-gods-tv-series-adds-orlando-jones-as-mr-nancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Anti-Targ Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 On 16/04/2016 at 7:33 AM, HelenaExMachina said: On 16/04/2016 at 7:30 AM, williamjm said: I suppose they could also have 'Mr World' pretending to be the man in charge, but really taking orders from Low Key. It would be a bit of a departure from the book, but it might work better on screen. Every time I write Low Key I get embarrassed by how long it took me to decipher his name properly when reading the book. Loki? Though I only intuitively think that because of the Thor/Avengers movies, and Smite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Did anyone else catch the EW photos a few weeks ago? Got our first glimpse http://www.ew.com/article/2016/06/16/american-gods-first-look?xid=entertainment-weekly_socialflow_twitter McShane looks perfect for the role here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nictarion Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 He does indeed. So hyped for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerenthaClone Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Orlando Jones as Anansi is so cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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