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AMERICAN GODS (2017) TV Show Trailer 2: Ricky Whittle Gets Recruited by The Gods [Starz]

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American Gods Trailer 2

Starz has released the second TV show trailer for American Gods (2017). Unlike the first promo for this show, the viewer is given the main plot of the upcoming TV series. From the trailer, American Gods is going to be one bloody TV show. The strength of the project is the old versus the new but in a very unique way.

The closest that I have seen to American Gods is the underrated film The Immortals. In that film, the Gods were ordered by Zeus not to interfere in the affairs of man. In American Gods, Mr. Wednesday enlists the aid of a human being to help him and the old Gods against the threat of the new Gods.

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My guess is that Mr. Wednesday (Ian McShane) will dangle Laura (Emily Browning) in front of Shadow Moon (Ricky Whittle)’s face to get him to do his bidding. I would also wager that Laura’s death was no accident. Too coincidental. I have not read the book that American Gods is based on so this is all conjecture.

American Gods‘ plot synopsis (spoilers): based on the novel by Neil Gaiman, “When 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 center of a world that he struggles to understand.

It’s a 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.”

American Gods also stars Dane Cook, Yetide Badaki, Bruce Langley, Cloris Leachman, Demore Barnes, Orlando Jones, Pablo Schreiber, Peter Stormare, and Crispin Glover.

Watch the American Gods Trailer 2. Leave your thoughts on it below in the comments section. Readers seeking more TV show trailers can visit our TV Show Trailer Page and our TV Show Trailer Google + Page. American Gods will begin to air on Starz on April 30, 2017. Want up-to-the-minute notifications? FilmBook staff members publish articles by Email, Twitter, Tumblr, Google+, and Facebook.

American Gods Trailer 2

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Rollo Tomasi

Rollo Tomasi is a Connecticut-based film critic, TV show critic, news, and editorial writer. He will have a MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University in 2025. Rollo has written over 700 film, TV show, short film, Blu-ray, and 4K-Ultra reviews. His reviews are published in IMDb's External Reviews and in Google News. Previously you could find his work at Empire Movies, Blogcritics, and AltFilmGuide. Now you can find his work at FilmBook.
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