This is America. The greatest story ever told.
STARZ has released the first trailer for the second season of American Gods, the fantasy drama based on the novel by Neil Gaiman. The series, which debuted in 2017, has faced a considerable struggle for its second season, with original showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Green, along with actors Gillian Anderson and Kristin Cheonweth, leaving the show.
The one-hour drama centers on a war brewing between Old Gods and New Gods, as the traditional gods of mythological roots from around the world steadily lose believers. Their challengers are an upstart pantheon of gods reflecting society’s modern love of money, technology, media, celebrity and drugs.
In Season 2, the battle moves toward a crisis point, as the destinies of gods and men collide. While Mr. World (Crispin Glover) plots revenge for the attack against him in the first season, Shadow Moon (Ricky Whittle) throws in his lot with Mr. Wednesday (Ian McShane)’s attempt to convince the Old Gods of the case for full-out war, with Laura Moon (Emily Browning) and Mad Sweeney (Pablo Schreiber) 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.
As the one minute, 50-second trailer begins, Mr. Wednesday tells Shadow, "When people first came to America, they brought us with them. We are the ancient ones. And they built churches, cathedrals, or they'd erect a stone circle. Gradually, they abandoned us old, forgotten gods. Now, there are new gods growing in America...and they want to destroy us. Wars are coming, Shadow -- I've a big role for you. Time...to ride."
Later, in a separate scene, Shadow tells Laura, "There's something special going on here and I feel a part of it."
"He is dangerous," Laura replies, "and I want you to believe that."
"There's always a cost with him," remarks Mad Sweeney. "You just haven't paid it yet."
"This is America," Mr. Wednesday says late in the trailer. "The greatest story ever told. Are we ready? I am."
If you'd like to check out the trailer, you can view it below thanks to the official STARZ account on YouTube...
American Gods returns to STARZ for Season 2 on March 10, 2019.
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