American Gods new pictures see Ricky Whittle's Shadow Moon exploring a wild world

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Ricky Whittle in the first trailer for the new Starz show, American Gods

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There's only another month or so until we get to explore the world of old gods and new in American Gods , so here's a sneak peek of what we can expect from Amazon Prime Video' latest series.

First up we see Ricky Whittle (yes, the one from Hollyoaks ) as Shadow Moon, the ex-con who's forced to get to grips with the changing world around him.

Ricky Whittle in American Gods (EMB until 23:01 09/03)

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After stumbling upon the cryptically-named Mr Wednesday (played by Ian McShane), who is actually the Norse god Odin, Shadow finds himself caught up in a conflict between the old gods of myths of legend and the new 'gods' of modern times – namely money and technology.

And here's a look at Ian McShane as said Mr Wednesday, alongside Kristin Chenoweth as the goddess Easter (or Ostara, as you may otherwise know her).

Kristen Chenoweth and Ian McShane in American Gods (EMB until 23:01 09/03)

The 8-episode run, created by Bryan Fuller, is adapted from Neil Gaiman's novel of the same name and has been developed by a collaborative team of Gaiman, Fuller and Michael Green.

Joining the likes of Whittle are Jeremy Davies – who will play Jesus (yes, really) – The Fall 's Gillian Anderson, Sucker Punch 's Emily Browning and porn-stache himself, Orange is the New Black 's Pablo Schreiber.

American Gods TV series is coming to the UK

American Gods airs on April 30 on Starz in the US and May 1 on Amazon Prime in the UK.

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