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.

Back in November we found out the depressing news that the TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman‘s hit book American Gods was no longer in development at HBO—likely due to (or at least impacted by) their decision to go all-in with the Damon Lindelof series The Leftovers.

Now American Gods has found a new home. It’s been announced that FreemantleMedia has acquired the rights to the project, though it’s not yet known what channel you can expect to see the show on yet.

Continue reading for more, including a quote from Gaiman on what happened with HBO and how the deal with Freemantle came to be.