As the series hasn’t yet reached the official pick-up stage, Fuller was able to confirm little on the record aside from the fact that so far, one actor in particular has been approached about a lead role (we’re not allowed to say who but it’s a doozy. Cross fingers and toes that this one comes off). Finally, if American Gods does get the go-ahead, Fuller estimates that we could see it in late 2016… Obviously you’re still in post on Hannibal right now, but can you update us on American Gods? How is that progressing? We are going to do a visual presentation to Starz, who are very happy with the two scripts that they received, and then we go from there. In terms of casting, are you making offers at this stage? And when that trigger is pulled, what timescale are you looking at? As soon as the go-ahead has been given, we’re looking at early 2016 production with airing later in 2016. When might we expect casting announcements to start coming? Neil [Gaiman’s] plan—and Neil’s very internet savvy—what Neil would like to do is cast Laura and Shadow and Wednesday and Mad Sweeney and Bilquis, because Bilquis will be a major character in the show, and the Technical Boy and then trot them all out on-stage at a Comic-Con coming up. That’s his plan. He’s saying ‘I don’t want to make any casting announcements, I want to announce the cast in full when they walk out on stage at a Comic-Con’. Last time we spoke, it was cheering for you to talk about making sure the cast wasn’t whitewashed in terms of ethnicity… Also now, we can cite Empire and we can cite The Walking Dead as being primarily non-white in their casting, and they’re the two biggest shows in the world right now, so that has to say something. We have to be moving forward with a representation that is accurate to the world. It has to look like 2015 up there. Read the full interview with Mr Fuller on the site this Friday. Hannibal Series 3 premieres June 10th exclusively on Sky Living. Follow our Twitter feed for faster news and bad jokes right here. And be our Facebook chum here.
