American Gods is a 2017 English-language Drama Fantasy series created by Bryan Fuller and Michael Green. American Gods was produced under the production house Living Dead Guy in collaboration with J.A. Green Construction Corp., The Blank Corporation, Fremantle USA and Starz Originals. Ricky Whittle plays the series' lead Shadow Moon, who meets a strange man named Mr. Wednesday after being released from prison and soon becomes embroiled in a large-scale conflict between the Old Gods and the New Gods, who grow stronger each day. American gods stars Ricky Whittle, Emily Browning, Crispin Glover, Bruce Langley, Yetide Badaki, Pablo Schreiber and Mouna Traoré. The show is based on American Gods by Neil Gaiman. The music was composed by Brian Reitzell along with Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans. The show has a running time of 52-63 minutes for each episode. The show has a total of 26 episodes during it's run of 3 seasons. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released. Distribution rights for the show were acquired by Lionsgate Television. Ricky Whittle plays the series' lead Shadow Moon, who meets a strange man named Mr. Wednesday after being released from prison and soon becomes embroiled in a large-scale conflict between the Old Gods and the New Gods, who grow stronger each day.