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News/Video: STARZ Releases Official Key Art for <i>American Gods</i> Season Two to Begin March 10

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  • December 5, 2018

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UPDATED 12/5/18 with season two premiere date, season synopsis, and guest stars:

STARZ ANNOUNCES THE HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED SEASON TWO PREMIERE DATE FOR
“AMERICAN GODS” SUNDAY, MARCH 10th AT 8PM
WITH OFFICIAL KEY ART

Worshipers Can Make Early Offerings to Old Gods and New by Tuning In to the Season One Holy Day Binge, Saturday, December 29th on STARZ or Anytime on the STARZ App

Santa Monica, Calif., – December 5, 2018 – Starz, a Lionsgate company (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B), announced today that the eight-episode second season of the epic series “American Gods” will premiere on Sunday, March 10th, 2019 at 8PM ET/PT on STARZ and will be available the same day on the STARZ App.

Worshipers who wish to pledge devotion to the critically-acclaimed first season of “American Gods” can tune in and live tweet the eight-episode Holy Day Binge Saturday, December 29, beginning at 12pmPT/3pmET.

Starring Ricky Whittle (The 100, Nappily Ever After) as Shadow Moon and Ian McShane (“Deadwood”, John Wick) as Mr. Wednesday, “American Gods” is a one-hour drama adapted from Neil Gaiman’s best-selling novel about a war brewing between Old Gods 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.

We were forged in God’s image, but the Gods are also made in ours — and in Season Two the battle moves inexorably toward crisis point as the destinies of gods and men collide. While Mr. World plots revenge for the attack against him in Season One, Shadow throws in his lot with Wednesday’s attempt to convince the Old Gods of the case for full-out war, with Laura and Mad Sweeney in tow. A council at the House on the Rock explodes into chaos, sending deities both Old and New on quests across America that will converge on Cairo, Illinois: forcing Shadow to carve out a place as a believer in this strange new world of living gods — a dark world where change demands commitment, and faith requires terrible sacrifice.

“American Gods” also stars Emily Browning (Sucker Punch, “The Affair”) as Laura Moon, Pablo Schreiber (First Man, “Orange is the New Black”) as Mad Sweeney, Crispin Glover (Back to the Future, Alice In Wonderland) as Mr. World, Orlando Jones (“Madiba,” “Sleepy Hollow”) as Mr. Nancy, Yetide Badaki (“Aquarius,” “This Is Us”) as Bilquis, Bruce Langley (“Deadly Waters”) as Tech Boy, Mousa Kraish (Superbad, “Transparent”) as The Jinn, Omid Abtahi (“Damien,” “Legends”) as Salim and Demore Barnes (“12 Monkeys,” “Waco”) as Mr. Ibis. Guest stars include Cloris Leachman (“Malcom in The Middle,” “Raising Hope”) as Zorya Vechernyaya, Peter Stormare (Fargo, “Prison Break”) as Czernobog, and joining Season Two are Sakina Jaffrey (“House of Cards,” “The Blacklist”) as Mama-Ji’, Dean Winters (“Divorce,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) as Mr. Town, Devery Jacobs (“Cardinal,” “The Order”) as Sam Black Crow and Kahyun Kim (“Adam Ruins Everything” and “Shameless”) as New Media.

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STARZ RELEASES FIRST TEASER TRAILER
FOR THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SECOND SEASON
OF “AMERICAN GODS” AT NEW YORK COMIC CON

Starz released a teaser trailer for the much-anticipated second season of “American Gods” in the Hammerstein Ballroom during its first ever official New York Comic Con panel. The God Squad mobilized its followers during the one-hour panel when moderator Patton Oswalt introduced the audience to an exclusive look at footage from Season Two featuring iconic roadside attractions, epic scenery and Odin, himself.

Author and executive producer, Neil Gaiman joined the “American Gods” cast including Ricky Whittle (‘Shadow Moon’), Pablo Schreiber (‘Mad Sweeney’), Emily Browning (‘Laura Moon’), Orlando Jones (‘Mr. Nancy’), Yetide Badaki (‘Bilquis’), Crispin Glover (‘Mr. World’), Bruce Langley (‘Technical Boy’), Omid Abtahi (‘Salim’), Mousa Kraish (‘The Jinn’) and Demore Barnes (‘Mr. Ibis’) for a conversation and look into Season Two, which will premiere on Starz in 2019.

NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 05: (L-R) Patton Oswalt, Neil Gaiman, Crispin Glover, Ricky Whittle, Bruce Langley, Emily Browning, Mousa Kraish, Pablo Schreiber, Omid Abtahi, Yetide Badaki, Demore Barnes and Orlando Jones appear onstage as Starz brings American Gods to NYCC 2018 at Hammerstein Ballroom on October 5, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Starz Entertainment LLC. )

AMERICAN GODS is a one-hour drama adapted from Neil Gaiman’s novel of the same name.

Following the epic showdown at Easter’s party, Season Two ups the ante with Mr. Wednesday continuing his quest to pitch the case for war to the Old Gods with Shadow, Laura and Mad Sweeney in tow. But when things don’t go as planned at the House on the Rock, they all find themselves on a haunting journey through middle America.

AMERICAN GODS Season 2 Trailer

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Love TV, movies, and books--mostly mysteries, with a good love story thrown in every now and then. I have four adopted dogs who I adore. I love trying new recipes, and enjoy eating what I make. English language perfectionist. Reading in bed, Italian food, warm weather, the beach, all types of games = favs!

Linda

Love TV, movies, and books--mostly mysteries, with a good love story thrown in every now and then. I have four adopted dogs who I adore. I love trying new recipes, and enjoy eating what I make. English language perfectionist. Reading in bed, Italian food, warm weather, the beach, all types of games = favs!