Cinematic, surreal prestige tv worthy of your worship ???? Telegraphstarring ricky whittle as shadow moon and ian mcshane as mr. Wednesday, american gods is a drama series adapted from neil gaiman's good omens, stardust 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.season onewhen shadow moon is released from prison, he meets the mysterious mr. Wednesday and a storm begins to brew. Little does shadow know, this storm will change the course of his entire life. Left adrift by the recent, tragic death of his wife, and suddenly hired as mr. Wednesday's bodyguard, shadow finds himself in the centre of a world that he struggles to understand. It's a hidden world where magic is real, where the old gods fear both irrelevance and the growing power of the new gods, like technology and media. Mr. Wednesday seeks to build a coalition of old gods to defend their existence in this new america, and reclaim some of the influence that they've lost. As shadow travels across the country with mr. Wednesday, he struggles to accept this new reality, and his place in it.bonus features includingsan diego comic con panel footagecast interviewsamerican gods origins with neil gaimanbook vs shownew gods old godsseason twowe 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 mortals 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.bonus features includingnew york comic con 2018 panel footageneil gaiman's america