American Godsjust kicked off its second season , but Starz has already go ahead and made it official , announcing that a third time of year of the Neil Gaiman adaptation has just been greenlit . And there ’s more news , too : As was pretty much expected , the show has revealed yet another new showrunner .
salmagundi reportsthat American Gods ’ new showrunner , who will also serve as executive producer , is Charles “ Chic ” Eglee , who ’s previously worked on shows like Hemlock Grove , The Walking Dead , and Dexter . For those maintain score at home , Eglee will put back season two’sJesse Alexander , who in turn substitute time of year one’sBryan Fuller and Michael Green .
Gaiman sounded very emotional about the show ’s forward momentum in a statement he gave to bothVarietyandEntertainment Weekly , noting “ Chic is the best mate - in - crime . We ’ve been working for week now on the flesh of the season and I ’m delighted that he gets to carry the American Gods blowlamp on to glory . ” The authoralso severalize EWthat he thinks the gap between season two and three will be a circle more manageable than the extended amount of time — June 2017 to March 2019 — that fan had to wait between seasons one and two :
“ The trouble that we had with time of year 2 was not all of the personal weirdness , ” he state , referring to the show ’s showrunner shakeups . “ The big trouble was Starz delay [ the renewal ] until they found out how people liked American Gods before they committed to a second series and it takes a certain amount of time to start a writers elbow room you have to get it together and so away . What I ’m hop-skip is it ’s less about how long it ’s going to take season 3 than getting a time of year 4 once season 3 is underway so we can keep the writer ’s room on and get the scripts write . ”
Already thinking forrader to season four , eh ? That ’s a mountain to look onwards to — and we ’ve still got an entire season ( minuslast Sunday ’s premiere episode ) ahead for season two . American Gods airs Sundays on Starz .
FantasyMichael GreenNeil GaimanStarz
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