has only three scenes in the first season (due to scheduling issues with his other show Kingdom) according to this recent interview with Jonathan Tucker for Collider. http://collider.com/jonathan-tucker-american-gods-interview/
As the title says.
Makes sense, he's not really in the book that much until later anyway.
This bit is interesting:
The pilot is almost the entirety of the book, and then they use the book as the leaping off point for the rest of the season, which is cool. It’s done entirely with Neil Gaiman’s blessing, so it’s fun to take this really well-read book and use it as a place just to start. It’s like when you’re in elementary school and your teacher makes you write a new story about one of the characters you like. That’s kind of what we’re doing. You’re like, “I wish I could have seen more of Benvolio (in Romeo & Juliet),” or “I wish I could have followed the preacher in The Scarlet Letter. I want to know what he does when he goes home, and what his life is like.” It’s fun to explore these characters in a way outside of the book.
Oh god, that sounds SO good! I never did like the books that much; I thought the idea was much better than the execution.
Getting to new places with these characters makes me ten times more excited than I already was!
I'm excited for the new interpretation as well.
Geek Girl🐉
Why are you using "books" in the plural sense?
There was just the one book..
they're compressing what should be *at minimum* a 6-hour miniseries into a single, 45 minute pilot ep?? Huh? And you guys think that's cool?
shareNot sure what you mean. The first season will cover about the first third of the book - not sure how many episodes there are but definitely more than 6.
share"The pilot is almost the entirety of the book, and then they use the book as the leaping off point for the rest of the season, which is cool".
From here: http://collider.com/jonathan-tucker-american-gods-interview/
Season 1 is 10-12 episodes.
Hey, Neil's given it his blessing, so I'm not worried. 😃😃😃
Geek Girl🐉
Well I'm thoroughly confused then! I read an interview with Ricky Whittle and he said that the first season ends at The House on The Rock.
shareMy interpretation is that the book's plot is used as a jumping off point, with the show greatly expanding on what's on the page. But yeah, the first season does end at the House on the Rock.
Geek Girl🐉
Neil Gaiman says the first season covers the first third of the book. http://observer.com/2016/07/everything-neil-gaiman-knows-about-good-omens-and-american-gods/
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
Frankly, I'm more inclined to believe Neil.
Geek Girl🐉
Season 1 has 8 episodes.
shareYep, the first episode covered the first 2 chapters.
shareWow only 3 scenes? I liked him in the first episode and thought he would be some sort of a Guide to Shadow.
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