Delroy Lindo Will Spin a Web as Anansi Boys’ Mr. Nancy

Though Neil Gaiman’s American Gods and Anansi Boys novels characteristic some key bits of crossover, Amazon’s upcoming Anansi Boys sequence is ready to reintroduce the world to the trickster god Mr. Nancy. It may even be wholly impartial of the character’s depiction in Starz’s American Gods adaptation. Beloved as Orlando Jones’ Mr. Nancy was, Amazon has picked a unique nice identify for its undertaking.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Delroy Lindo (Da 5 Bloods, Crooklyn) has signed on to painting Mr. Nancy, the assumed identification of the legendary Ghanaian trickster deity who usually takes the type of a spider in many alternative tales. Unlike American Gods, the place Mr. Nancy was one of many many anthropomorphic gods who find yourself waging a warfare for relevance, Anansi Boys’ extra intimate story focuses on Nancy’s sons—Charlie and Spider—who’re usually unaware of their father’s otherworldliness. Though Anansi Boys was largely Charlie’s story within the novel, Lindo’s casting might level to Mr. Nancy having a bigger presence in Amazon’s model which, as is often the case with adapations, is more likely to differ considerably from the supply materials.

Much of the magic buzzing within the background of the Anansi Boys novel stemmed from the tenuous connection it needed to American Gods, not for any particular plot causes, however due to the feel and context it added to Mr. Nancy’s life. While the Anansi Boys and American Gods TV exhibits may not have any canonical connections to 1 one other, it’s going to be attention-grabbing to see how the brand new sequence differentiates this Mr. Nancy from his counterpart past the distinction in casting and manufacturing studios.

Anansi Boys is ready to start manufacturing and filming in Scotland later this yr. Besides this, Gaiman can be engaged on the Sandman sequence for Netflix and, oddly, a second season of Good Omens for Amazon.

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