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Jesse Alexander Joins Neil Gaiman As American Gods Season Two Showrunner

February 2, 2018 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas
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Jesse Alexander is the new co-showrunner for American Gods. Alexander will join Neil Gaiman, who wrote the acclaimed novel, as a showrunner for the show’s next season per THR. The two are guiding the show after Bryan Fuller and Michael Green left the series as showrunners.

Alexander is a associate of Fuller’s, having worked with him on Star Trek: Discovery and Hannibal. Gaiman told THR, “I’m thrilled that Jesse is [the] showrunner. He loves and understands the book, he loves and understands the TV series and he’s dedicated to making future seasons of American Gods as good and as beautiful and as unique as they can be. Shadow’s journey is going to take him, and Mr. Wednesday, and the New Gods and the Old, to some very strange places. I’m glad that we, and the cast and crew, will have Jesse shepherding us on the way.”

The series stars Ricky Whittle, Ian McShane, Emily Browning, Pablo Schreiber, Yetide Badaki, Bruce Langley, Crispin Glover and Orlando Jones and is based on Gaiman’s fantasy novel about Shadow Moon, an ex-convict who gets caught up in a war between the Old and New Gods of American culture.

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