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Chenoweth, who played the goddess Easter on the first season of Starz’s “American Gods,” said she was “devastated” when she found out that showrunners Michael Green and Bryan Fuller were departing ahead of Season 2, which Variety reported on Nov. 29.
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With Fuller’s departure, her position on the series is now uncertain, Chenoweth revealed. “When Bryan was the showrunner, I was coming back for several episodes, but I don’t know now,” Chenoweth explained. “It depends on who it is and if they think I add value or not.”

15 JANUARY 2018
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Season 1 launched on April 30, 2017, so until there's an official announcement, let's say late 2018 as a best guess.
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It's possible that any planned launch date might have to be pushed back anyway, due to the surprise departure of original American Gods showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Green.
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One notable absentee will be Gillian Anderson, who's confirmed she won't be reprising her role of Media, citing Fuller and Green's departure as the impetus behind her own exit.
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Albrecht says ... "Neil Gaiman will be taking a more central role moving forward into a more traditional showrunner function, and we're looking for a partner for him who can ensure that the television part of this gets the appropriate attention. We're very committed to American Gods. We love the show; as I mentioned before, it did very well for us."
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Intriguingly, Pablo Schreiber has hinted at a slightly different story structure for season 2, with standalone episodes focusing more on individual characters.

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2018 1:30 pm Digital Spy

15 JANUARY 2018
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Season 1 launched on April 30, 2017, so until there's an official announcement, let's say late 2018 as a best guess.
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It's possible that any planned launch date might have to be pushed back anyway, due to the surprise departure of original American Gods showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Green.
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One notable absentee will be Gillian Anderson, who's confirmed she won't be reprising her role of Media, citing Fuller and Green's departure as the impetus behind her own exit.
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Albrecht says ... "Neil Gaiman will be taking a more central role moving forward into a more traditional showrunner function, and we're looking for a partner for him who can ensure that the television part of this gets the appropriate attention. We're very committed to American Gods. We love the show; as I mentioned before, it did very well for us."
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Intriguingly, Pablo Schreiber has hinted at a slightly different story structure for season 2, with standalone episodes focusing more on individual characters.

Paingod wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2018 9:28 am I just started reading this a few days back and am enjoy it. If it ever finds its way to Netflix (maybe it has?) I'll be sure to watch it when my wife isn't home.

hepcat wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2018 9:54 am

Paingod wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2018 9:28 am I just started reading this a few days back and am enjoy it. If it ever finds its way to Netflix (maybe it has?) I'll be sure to watch it when my wife isn't home.

FTFY

morlac wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2018 2:41 pm

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2018 1:30 pm Digital Spy

15 JANUARY 2018
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Season 1 launched on April 30, 2017, so until there's an official announcement, let's say late 2018 as a best guess.
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It's possible that any planned launch date might have to be pushed back anyway, due to the surprise departure of original American Gods showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Green.
...
One notable absentee will be Gillian Anderson, who's confirmed she won't be reprising her role of Media, citing Fuller and Green's departure as the impetus behind her own exit.
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Albrecht says ... "Neil Gaiman will be taking a more central role moving forward into a more traditional showrunner function, and we're looking for a partner for him who can ensure that the television part of this gets the appropriate attention. We're very committed to American Gods. We love the show; as I mentioned before, it did very well for us."
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Intriguingly, Pablo Schreiber has hinted at a slightly different story structure for season 2, with standalone episodes focusing more on individual characters.

Good lord, just kill it now and don't drag this out. Really sucks as the last few episodes were spectacular.

American Gods has sacrificed another showrunner as Jesse Alexander is reportedly out at Starz series. Alexander was brought in to replace previously fired showunners Michael Green and Bryan Fuller. A new report indicates Alexander had problems with developing American Gods season 2 from the get-go, and now the entire production is in turmoil.
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THR has an alarming new exposé on the behind-the-scenes troubles plaguing American Gods, stating that “Alexander was asked to stop working on American Gods, an adaptation of a Neil Gaiman novel, about a month ago.” The report says the word “fired” was never used, but Alexander is “no longer working on the hyper-stylized drama as a writer or showrunner, and has been asked not to sit in on editing, be involved on set or participate in any other areas of production or postproduction.” So it kind of sounds like he was fired.

THR goes on to say the production is now on “hiatus” and in “disarray.”

Alexander turned in multiple drafts of the show's season two finale, but executives at both Starz and Fremantle have rejected those scripts and are up to what sources described as a seventh draft.

Production on the drama, which is six weeks behind and recently was forced to go on a hiatus, is in disarray. Castmembers have not received copies of the script for the show's season two finale because, as one source put it, "there is no script." Another source says it’s possible the crew has received a far-from-finished version of the finale script, but whatever has been partially distributed is almost guaranteed to go through extensive changes. Instead of shooting the season finale, which should have been in production already, American Gods has been filming pickups and reshoots of earlier episodes.
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Multiple sources cited ongoing friction between Starz and Fremantle, as well as efforts by author Gaiman to assert greater control over the drama, as the core sources of tension. Actors have been rewriting script pages, and Fremantle, which had hoped to trim the budget in the show's second season, is now spending frantically in order to simply finish the season. Due to all the issues that have bedeviled this saga of clashing deities, the second season of American Gods will not arrive until 2019 — two years after the first debuted to generally positive reviews.

Kristen Chenoweth has confirmed she will not return for the second season of “American Gods.”

The actress, who played Easter in the first season of Starz’s Neil Gaiman adaptation, revealed in an interview with TVLine on Monday that she would be departing the series out of solidarity with original showrunner Bryan Fuller.
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Along with the showrunner shakeup, “American Gods” has seen casting changes going into its sophomore year, with Gillian Anderson replaced by Kahyun Kim, and the additions of Dean Winters and Devery Jacobs.

In a searing video message shared on his Twitter account Saturday morning, Orlando Jones says he was fired from American Gods season 3 and alleges new showrunner Charles Eglee decided his character, Mr. Nancy, sends “the wrong message for black America.”
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According to the actor, who played Mr. Nancy and offered significant writing and producing contributions to season 2 after the departure of original showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Green, he was fired on Sep. 10, 2019.
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Jones, in his video message, thanked Gaiman for creating the world of American Gods and for “opening the door” for him to become a writer-producer on season 2. He also thanked Fuller and Green for casting him in the role. “I hope the fans enjoyed it,” he says, “’cause really this is about you.”

ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2020 2:55 pm The article Isg linked to has a response from the producers saying that Jones wasn't renewed because season 3 doesn't have him in the story. That makes some sense if season 3 is going to focus on Shadow living on a frozen lake (I'm keeping it vague so as not to spoil things for non-book readers) as I suspect. Still, you'd think they'd want him back for the eventual conclusion, and this doesn't seem like the kind of departure you can come back from.

I'm guessing this also means an Anansi Boys spin off is right out.

hepcat wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2020 3:03 pm I still prefer season 1. Season 2 felt confused much of the time.

To me, season 1 felt like the deconstruction of American mythology using foreign, mythological constructs as the tools of that endeavor. I liked watching how these foreign constructs struggling to fit in, or not in most cases.

Season 2 felt like a completely different show, with all the gods acquiescing to America without much thought or struggle. With the notable exception of the ever great Mad Sweeney.

hepcat wrote: ↑Tue Jan 12, 2021 12:38 pm And the actor who plays Technical Boy is still right behind Mad Sweeney as my favorite actor on the show.

The Lionsgate-backed premium cable network has canceled the troubled Neil Gaiman drama after three seasons. Sources say Starz is in talks with producers Fremantle for a potential event series or movie that would wrap up the story based on Gaiman's novel of the same name.

"American Gods will not return for a fourth season. Everyone at Starz is grateful to the dedicated cast and crew, and our partners at Fremantle who brought author and executive producer Neil Gaiman’s ever-relevant story to life that speaks to the cultural climate of our country," Starz said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter late Monday.