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Michael Green is one of the great Hollywood success stories over the past 25 years since his start on ABC's Cupid and HBO's Sex and the City in 1998. He worked his way up through TV, including stints on the WB's Smallville and Everwood and NBC's Heroes and Kings. After the underperforming Warner Bros' Green Lantern (2011), a favorite target of Deadpool & Wolverine[...]

When the husband-and-wife creative duo of Michael Green and Amber Noizumi conceived the Netflix adult animated period series Blue Eye Samurai, it became a personal story of the difficulties of growing a mixed-race child with revenge in her heart The story follows Mizu, voiced by Maya Erskine (Mr and Mrs Smith), a half-white, half-Japanese onna-musha[...]

The series is written by the movie's screenwriter Michael Green and Mike Johnson, the latter handling the scripting, with art by Andres Guinaldo.  The panel was moderated by Andrew Sumner, Executive Vice President of Titan Publishing and attended by Mike Johnson, series editor David Leach and Jeff Conner, Director of Alcon Publishing. Blade Runner 2019 panel[...]

That's right: this white man sits in that decision-making chair." Jones continues in the recording by also accusing Eglee of being motivated by outside influences ("many black BFF's") who convinced him that the focus on societal issues and race that the series adopted during the second season needed to be toned down for fear of a[...]

Insiders say that Alexander was also seen as someone the studio could have a stronger level of influence over than they could with Bryan Fuller and Michael Green. ● If Gaiman was involved in or was notified of the decision to remove Alexander is still unclear, though sources in the report doubt Fremantle would have made[...]

With Michael Green (American Gods) and Luke Cage's Aida Mashaka Croal serving as co-showrunners and Melina Matsoukas (Insecure, Master of None) directing, Y traverses a post-apocalyptic world in which a cataclysmic event has decimated every male mammal save for one lone human The new world order of women will explore gender, race, class and survival. To honor the occasion, artist/co-creator Guerra took to Twitter[...]

Jordan, Jason Ritter, and Jazmyn Simon. Based on video director Dennis Liu's short film about an African-American single mother whose life takes a turn when she discovers her young son has multiple, constantly changing super powers, the project is being spearheaded by Liu, Jordan, Carol Barbee (UnReal, Judging Amy), writer-producer Michael Green (American Gods, Logan) and Charles[...]

Jordan and Jason Ritter in Netflix's hour-long sci-fi family drama Raising Dion. Based on video director Dennis Liu's short film (which you can see below) about an African-American single mother whose life takes a turn when she discovers her young son has multiple, constantly changing super powers, the project is being spearheaded by Liu, Jordan, Carol Barbee (UnReal, Judging[...]

We've watched as things got a little nasty between out-going showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Green and Fremantle; and between Gaiman and The Hollywood Reporter Starz stumbled when it came to having a clear, concise message to calm nervous fans It also seems that Fremantle is looking for a new Media, confirming Gillian Anderson's earlier comments that she[...]

American Gods' Michael Green and Luke Cage's Aida Mashaka Croal will serve as the project's co-showrunners They will executive produce alongside Vaughn, Color Force's Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson, and Melina Matsoukas (Insecure, Master of None), who will also direct the pilot. Published in 2002 through DC Comics' Vertigo imprint, the series would span 60 issues[...]

Of course, there's also this… "Sources tell THR that the actress has no future plans at this time to return the Starz drama after showrunner and her frequent collaborator Bryan Fuller (and co-showrunner Michael Green) were pushed out after clashing with American Gods producers Fremantle." ●  So in case the first two examples were too subtle, we[...]

When asked if it was true that he was unhappy with the work done by previous showrunners Michael Green and Bryan Fuller, Gaiman tweeted: "Nope It's fictional Most of the article was fictional." When asked for some clarity on which parts the reader should believe, Gaiman made it simple: "The bit that says Jesse is now[...]

Credit: NBC After a contentious few months that saw Bryan Fuller and Michael Green leaving the series over presumed budget issues with production company Fremantle, The Hollywood Reporter is reporting exclusively that Hannibal's Jesse Alexander will be assuming showrunner responsibilities alongside author and executive producer Neil Gaiman on Starz's American Gods Aside from Hannibal, Alexander has[...]

To that end, Bilquis (Yetide Badaki) must decide how much of herself she's willing to bargain away to Tech Boy (Bruce Langley), while Jesus hits Shadow with some simple yet important knowledge: you just gotta believe: https://youtu.be/AwwyUBJTo40Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: American Gods | Season 1, Episode 8 Clip: Easter | STARZ (https://youtu.be/AwwyUBJTo40) https://youtu.be/5wRpip3szMwVideo[...]

No more Game of Thrones 'til 2019; Doctor Who is for Brexit voters, too; blasting The Exorcist homophobes; and more from the realm of television this week!

When the shocking news broke this week that showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Green would be departing the series over budget issues with production company Fremantle, fans were left wondering if someone stole the show's lucky gold coin Now comes word that the goddess Easter and Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth (Pushing Daises, Wicked) isn't sure if[...]

Fires Andrew Kreisberg in Wake of Sexual Harassment Allegations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyEfuOVsVJQVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: TWS16 DCTV (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyEfuOVsVJQ) Bryan Fuller and Michael Green Exit American Gods as Showrunners https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQIEqCQp5AIVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: TWS16 AG (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQIEqCQp5AI) Delightful! Matt Hardy Has Won the War with Impact Over Broken Gimmick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB5h1q8DXjMVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is[...]

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 of executive producers/showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Green having just walked away from the series[...]

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[...]

For screenwriters Gregg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim and Michael Green, the film's lackluster performance curtailed their plans on where to take the franchise in future films Their ideas would end up getting filed under the heading of "missed opportunities." But time has a funny way of smoothing things over and giving people unique "second chances." Since the[...]

This edition of Before They Were 'Gods', we get into the Halloween spirit season by taking a look at what Ricky Whittle thinks about scary movies.

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[...]

Over that time, Whittle would learn how to nuance his character to the Shadow we see in the first season: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EMTrwIOSWgVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: AG4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EMTrwIOSWg) In this brief clip, Schreiber explains to the audience that the fight between Shadow and Mad Sweeney in The Crocodile Bar wasn't the original version; and what[...]

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...

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[...]

So Mr. Wednesday (Ian McShane) and Shadow Moon (Ricky Whittle) are having to speed-up their road trip a little bit...but then again, you'd think that

So stop me if you've heard this one before: a leprechaun, a dead woman and a man with a cab looking for his Jinn walk into a bar...and now find their way

Did I mention he's also missing his lucky coin? How did he get to this point? Is there more to the Mad Sweeney/Laura dynamic than just condescension and disdain? To tell the tale of Mad Sweeney, Executive Producers Bryan Fuller and Michael Green had a particular idea in mind when it came to casting the role[...]

This is what brings us to the beginning of the film, where Wolverine is keeping Professor hidden near the Mexican border. In an original version of the film's script, flashback scenes would have shown us exactly what happened, according to an interview at The Hollywood Reporter with screenwriter Michael Green. It actually hits home a lot harder than the versions[...]

Two days ago, Bleeding Cool ran a story about DC Entertainment pitching a Supergirl series to TV Networks, following on from Gotham, Flash, Constantine and iZombie creating a Golden Age of DC Comics live action adaptations. We'd also heard that Michael Green, one of the writers who relaunched Supergirl as a comic book in the New[...]