It’s been quite a long road trying to turn Neil Gaiman‘s hit old gods vs. new gods novel American Gods into a TV series, but now it’s officially happening.

The adaptation was first set up over at HBO, but ultimately was passed on. It then found a new home in February of last year, and eventually landed at Starz with Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller and Kings creator Michael Green acting as showrunners.

Now comes word that Starz is going all-in on American Gods, officially giving it a full series order. But production won’t begin until one very important piece comes into play: the casting of the lead role of Shadow. And they’re looking to the fans to help them choose who to cast. Fuller also has shared some artwork based on the book, which can be seen below.

Of the news, Gaiman said:

Fuller, who talked about the project last September, and Green also released a statement, saying:

So the big question is who should play Shadow? Starz has set up the hashtag #CastingShadow to find out who fans think is the best actor for the job, and so far it looks like Jason Momoa (Game of Thrones, Aquaman) is the favorite.

Who do you think should play Shadow? And better yet, who should be cast in the other roles like Wednesday, Laura, Czernobog, Mr. Nancy, The Technical Boy, and so on? Share your thoughts!

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[Source: Variety l Twitter]