Premiering in 2017, American Gods is set to take over as your new fantasy TV obsession. Premiering on STARZ you can check out the trailer here:

The 2001 novel centres around Shadow, a convict on early release to attend his wife’s funeral. Alone in the world and in his mind he takes on a job as a bodyguard for an enigmatic conman named Wednesday.
As he goes further down the rabbit hole Shadow discovers that magic exists and there is a war brewing between the old gods and the new.

New pictures published in Empire shows Ricky Whittle and Ian McShane in a tense moment at a motel

The show features more stars than the usual STARZ tv show with Gillian Anderson, Crispin Glover and Orlando Jones all making appearances in this Americana/Fantasy mash-up. And will be the first thing Bryan Fuller has directed since Hannibal.