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Other names of note include: Paolo Sorrentino (The Young Pope), Neil Gaiman (American Gods) and Neil Cross (Hard Sun) UFA Fiction is the production company behind a number of popular series, including drama series Deutschland 83 and legal dramedy Danni Lowinski. Source: Deadline Hollywood Credit: Georges Biard [CC BY-SA 3.0], Wikimedia CommonsAmour's Michael Haneke is taking his turn[...]

Starz has filed two petitions with the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) as a move to legally require Altice to restore the channels to their NYC-based Optimum Systems.

The Weekly Static is our righteously desperate-yet-endearing look at the past week in the land of the networks, cable, streaming, smoke signals, cloud formations, and shadow puppets from what an interesting, unique and entertaining perspective. At least that's how it reads on paper - let's see how it goes...

Remember how in November American Gods lost their showrunners Michael Green and Bryan Fuller and it looked real bad for season 2 of the STARZ series? After much debate and gnashing of teeth and such, it looks like the series has some direction for their second season. Neil Gaiman, the author and creative force behind the original source material[...]

Credit: The Vampire Chronicles (Facebook) Following up on Bleeding Cool's earlier reporting, author Anne Rice's son, novelist/columnist Christopher Rice, has confirmed that American Gods writer/producer Bryan Fuller is officially part of the creative team behind the series adaptation of The Vampire Chronicles. The author originally announced in 2016 that she had reclaimed the rights to her novels,[...]

Credit: CarlaVanWagoner / Shutterstock.com Fans of Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles were excited when the author announced in 2016 that she had reclaimed the rights to her novels, writing on her Facebook page at the time, "A television series of the highest quality is now my dream for Lestat, Louis, Armand, Marius, and the entire tribe." With Rice's son, novelist and[...]

Gillian Anderson will not be returning as Media for season 2 of the STARZ series American Gods, apparently. After the sudden departure of showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Green, the already-ordered second season of the series is having serious issues. Anderson in American Gods Season 1 In a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times (blink and you'll miss it) about returning[...]

At the stroke of midnight on January 1, 2018, Starz and Encore channels were stripped away from Altice's 4.9 million subscribers in the New York area as well as in several Midwestern states. Altice argues that Starz is looking for a rate hike level that would force them to charge subscribers more than what Starz's stand-alone[...]

Credit: Starz Okay, I know it's been a while since we've heard any new American Gods news — well, any new American Gods news that doesn't put me into a Level 8 panic mode — but that's still no reason to not get excited for 2018 A new year means a new season of Starz's critically acclaimed[...]

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Credit: Starz Media Coming off a first season that was incredibly well received by both fans and critics alike, it seemed a foregone conclusion that Starz's American Gods would be able to clear the "sophomore slump" hurdle with room to spare When the shocking news broke this week that showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Green would[...]

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For American Gods fans, it's a very "plus/minus" time that's a little tough to reconcile On the plus side, they feel great knowing that Starz renewed the series for a second season; but on the minus side, they find themselves stuck knee-deep in the long haul that is… The Wait Between Seasons! And then there's the matter[...]

There isn't much information about this news yet, but it looks like showrunners on Starz's American Gods Bryan Fuller and Michael Green are leaving the series. Bryan Fuller in 2016 Credit: Gage Skidmore via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) Variety sounded the alarm, stating the pair are said to be "departing after clashing with producer FremantleMedia over budget and creative[...]

Green is also the co-creator, writer and executive producer of Starz's American Gods, the cable network's series adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel set to commence filming of its second season in January 2018. For their part, Warner Bros has expanded the film franchise to now encompass the Green Lantern Corp; reintroducing the galactic police in the[...]

For American Gods fans, it's still a very "plus/minus" time that's tough to reconcile On the plus side, they feel great knowing that Starz renewed the series for a second season that's expected to begin filming January 2018 On the minus side, they find themselves stuck knee-deep in the long haul that is…The Wait Between[...]

With the Blu-ray and DVD release of American Gods' first season happening this week and production on the Starz fantasy-drama series' Season 2 expected to get underway in January, executive producers Bryan Fuller and Michael Green made the interview rounds to offer some insight into what fans can expect when the series returns next year. Sitting[...]

Instead she spoke to us like we were old friends, as if we had been interviewing her for length of her career, which is as empowering as it is impressive. After being complimented for her portrayal of the god of Media by way of David Bowie on American Gods, she was eager to get into our questions[...]

ABC has given the go-ahead for the pilot The Real Fairy Godmother, with American Gods' Kristin Chenoweth signed to both star in and produce the project Once Upon A Time's Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner will write and co-executive produce. Cathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith will serve as showrunners, with Universal Television producing the pilot. In ABC's The Real Fairy Godmother,[...]

Riding high off of the critical and ratings success of American Gods' first season and only a few months before filming commences on Season 2 of the Starz series, stars Ricky Whittle (Shadow Moon), Yetide Badaki (Bilquis) and Pablo Schreiber (Mad Sweeney) descended upon New York Comic Con 2017 this past weekend to discuss a wide[...]

So welcome back to another edition of Before They Were 'Gods', where we pull back the curtain on some of the past projects of the cast and crew connected with American Gods and give them their proper due Since we're still a little while off from any major Season 2 news, it's a little something[...]

With the second season of American Gods beginning production soon, star Ricky Whittle is taking on a project that's a little more down to earth — and one that I'm pretty sure doesn't involve being nearly stabbed to death by a sentient tree. Whittle is joining the cast of Nappily Ever After, Netflix's Haifaa Al-Mansour (Mary Shelly)-directed[...]

So welcome back to another edition of Before They Were 'Gods', where we pull back the curtain on some of the past projects of the cast and crew connected with American Gods and give them their proper due Since we're still a little while off from any major Season 2 news, it's a little something[...]

If that's not the headline I submitted that you're reading, then clearly I was prouder of my headline more than I had any right to be. So welcome back to another edition of Before They Were 'Gods', where we pull back the curtain on some of the past projects of the cast and crew connected with[...]

For American Gods fans, it's a very "plus/minus" time that's a little tough to reconcile On the plus side, they feel great knowing that Starz renewed the series for a second season; but on the minus side, they find themselves stuck knee-deep in the long haul that is…The Wait Between Seasons! So what's a faithful[...]

STARZ's adaptation of Neil Gaiman's American Gods proved to be one of the biggest and most unexpected success stories of the 2017 television season Originally published in 2001, the Hugo Award-winning novel's adaptation was spearheaded under the guidance of executive producer Gaiman and showrunners/executive producers Bryan Fuller (Hannibal) and Michael Green (Heroes) With solid ratings[...]

In fact, she asked her own gay son if there were any gay characters in the movie, he responded 'I dunno, none of them talked about it.' Vaughn points out Disney can't claim to have actual LGBTQ representation in a thing if kids can't even tell it's there. As an example of better queer representation in[...]

Bleeding Cool's Erin Manzo was at the panel for American Gods  today at San Diego Comic Con and reports that Issue 7 of the Dark Horse comic, which was just penciled, will feature the Lucy scene and the unnamed god from the book. Having read the book, this unnamed god and Lucy thing struck me as odd, but[...]

If you ask a fan of Starz's adaptation of Neil Gaiman's American Gods who their favorite character is, don't be surprised if they tell you it's…the music Whether it's how Kris Jensen's song Torture gives us insight into the tortured, troubled soul of a just-paroled Shadow Moon (Ricky Whittle) or how The Band's The Weight offers[...]

Even with Starz's American Gods wrapping-up its highly-watched  and critically-acclaimed first season only a few weeks ago and Emmy buzz around the series continuing to grow, co-creators and showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Green are already at work on the show's ten-episode second season (expected to premiere in mid-2018) But even in the midst of[...]