Starz ‘American Gods’ Adaptation Has Cast Its Shadow Moon!

Briefly: Aside from Starz original announcement that the network was adapting Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, which was revealed all the way back in the Summer of 2014, we haven’t really heard much from the camp of the incredibly anticipated series.

Until today, that is, when Starz finally announced the actor who will portray Shadow Moon.

It’s Ricky Whittle, who you’ll probably recognize as Lincoln from The CW’s hit series The 100. Shadow Moon ‘is an ex-con who becomes bodyguard and traveling partner to Mr. Wednesday, a conman but in reality one of the older gods, on a cross-country mission to gather his forces in preparation to battle the new deities.’

American Gods author Neil Gaiman noted that “I’m thrilled that Ricky has been cast as Shadow. His auditions were remarkable. The process of taking a world out of the pages of a book, and putting it onto the screen has begun. American Gods is, at its heart, a book about immigrants, and it seems perfectly appropriate that Shadow will, like so much else, be Coming to America. I’m delighted Ricky will get to embody Shadow. Now the fun starts.”

Showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Green added that “We searched every continent and country and all the islands in between for our Shadow Moon, and we are lucky to have found Ricky.  Fans of the novel will find he has every bit of the heart of the character they fell in love with.”

The series ‘posits a war brewing between old and new gods: the traditional gods of mythological roots from around the world steadily losing believers to an upstart pantheon of gods reflecting society’s modern love of money, technology, media, celebrity and drugs.’

So, American Gods fans. Are you happy with Whittle in the role? Would you have preferred to see another actor? Be sure to let us know in the comments below!