American Gods Season 3 is a go! Starz announced only one episode into American Gods Season 2, that the adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s beloved novel, will be getting a third season. This is good news for anyone who is into mesmerizing visuals and fantastical commentary on today’s sociopolitical status quo. Also, for anyone who wants to see this full story brought to the screen. While the second season itself was hit and miss, it’s good to know we’ll get more of the story on screen before it all wraps up.
Who will be showrunning American Gods Season 3? Usually, when a TV show gets a third season renewal, it’s pretty obvious who will be helming the ship. But, given that American Gods allegedly fired its Season 1 showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Green and then reportedly later asked Jesse Alexander, who took over for Fuller and Green, to step down halfway through the production of Season 2. However, Charles “Chic” Eglee will be the showrunner of American Gods in this new season. Eglee has previously written for Dexter and The Shield, as well as co-created the show Dark Angel alongside James Cameron. (He’s done some other stuff, too, but Dark Angel will always be worth mentioning, in my book.)
“I’m thrilled American Gods has been renewed for a third season, and even more thrilled that I’m getting to work on it with Chic Eglee,” said Gaiman. “Chic is the best partner-in-crime. We’ve been working for weeks now on the shape of the season and I’m delighted that he gets to carry the American Gods torch on to glory. Thank you to Fremantle, Starz and Amazon for having faith in the series, to Bryan, Michael and Jesse for bringing it this far, to all the cast and crew, and most of all to the viewers. It’s their love of the characters that took us to this point, and will take us on to the next chapter.”
American Gods Season 3 Cast
Marilyn Manson is joining the cast of American Gods Season 3, according to Deadline. The mind-bendingly macabre heavy metal icon won’t have to stretch his acting range when he plays Johan Wengren, the blood-thirsty lead singer of Blood Death, a Viking death metal band. It seems that the band and its frontman will serve as a source of power for Mr. Wednesday’s (Ian McShane) war against the New Gods.
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As showrunner Chic Eglee lauds of Manson’s addition to cast:
“As a long-time admirer of his estimable talent as an author, artist, musician, and actor, it is dope indeed to be working with Mr. Manson in Season 3 of American Gods.” He adds, “Bringing his specific energy, wit, and boundless enthusiasm for all-things-Neil-Gaiman to the role of Johan, a Norse ‘berserker’ in service to Odin, his performance promises to be disturbing, original, and uniquely entertaining.”
Manson, born Brian Hugh Warner, has made quite the side gig of acting amongst “the Beautiful People,” especially as of late, coming off a 2017 TV run on WGN’s Salem, and, notably, a 2014 run on FX’s Sons of Anarchy, along with several one-off guest spots and 1990s-era film appearances in Jawbreaker and David Lynch’s Lost Highway. He’ll next be seen recurring on HBO’s upcoming sequel series, The New Pope, and CBS All Access’s TV reboot of Stephen King’s The Stand.
American Gods Season 3 Release Date
Given the delays that season two faced, we’re hesitant to speculate on when we’ll see American Gods season 3. It seems that the most optimistic projection at the moment would be for it to arrive in the summer of 2020, but we’ll update this when we have official confirmation.
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