Starz Gives Green Light To 'American Gods'

By R. Thomas Umstead
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Starz has announced a script to series development of the urban fantasy novel  American Gods, the network announced Tuesday.

The fantasy-themed series pits traditional gods of biblical and mythological roots from around the world against an upstart pantheon of gods reflecting society’s modern love of money, technology, media, celebrity and drugs.  The pilot script will be penned by Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Pushing Daisies, Heroes) and Michael Green (The River, Kings, Heroes), who will also showrun the series.

“With our partners at FremantleMedia and with Bryan, Michael and Neil, we believe we can create a series that honors the book and does right by the fans and viewers,” says Starz Managing Director Carmi Zlotnik in a statement.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.