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While it won't be made as a movie, and the HBO/Playtone series fell through, it will be a television series on the Starz network, and produced by Freemantle and Living Dead Guy Productions. The showrunners for the series will be Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Pushing Daisies, Wonderfalls) and Michael Green (Heroes, Kings), and Gaiman is writing scripts for the series, and David Slade (Hannibal) will be directing the first episode.

Update:

Starz has announced an airdate of April 30, 2017, 9pm EST. The first season will have eight one-hour episodes.

See also the IMDb listing for the series.

Additional update (Dec 2018):

The second series of American Gods will air on Starz on March 10, 2019. However, Fuller and Green are no longer the showrunners, nor is their replacement, Jesse Alexander. This has also apparently led to Gillian Anderson leaving the cast; they have created a new character, New Media (played by Kahyun Kim), to take the place of Media.

While it wasn't made as a movie, and the HBO/Playtone series fell through, it is a television series on the Starz network, and produced by Freemantle. The showrunners for the first season were Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Pushing Daisies, Wonderfalls) and Michael Green (Kings). Neil Gaiman is an executive producer.

The first season premiered on April 30, 2017, 9pm EST and consisted of eight one-hour episodes. * David Slade (Hannibal) directed the first three episodes. See also the IMDb listing for the series. Principal cast included Ricky Whittle as Shadow Moon, Emily Browning as Laura Moon, and Ian McShane as Mr. Wednesday, and Gillian Anderson as Media.

The second series of American Gods airs on Starz on March 10, 2019 8pm EST, and is eight episodes. However, Fuller and Green are no longer the showrunners, nor is their replacement, Jesse Alexander. This has also apparently led to Gillian Anderson leaving the cast; they have created a new character, New Media (played by Kahyun Kim), to take the place of Media. Neil Gaiman is still involved, but is busy showrunning Good Omens for Amazon Prime.

While it won't be made as a movie, and the HBO/Playtone series fell through, it will be a television series on the Starz network, and produced by Freemantle and Living Dead Guy Productions. The showrunners for the series will be Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Pushing Daisies, Wonderfalls) and Michael Green (Heroes, Kings), and Gaiman is writing scripts for the series, and David Slade (Hannibal) will be directing the first episode.

Update:

Starz has announced an airdate of April 30, 2017, 9pm EST. The first season will have eight one-hour episodes.

See also the IMDb listing for the series.

While it won't be made as a movie, and the HBO/Playtone series fell through, it will be a television series on the Starz network, and produced by Freemantle and Living Dead Guy Productions. The showrunners for the series will be Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Pushing Daisies, Wonderfalls) and Michael Green (Heroes, Kings), and Gaiman is writing scripts for the series, and David Slade (Hannibal) will be directing the first episode.

Update:

Starz has announced an airdate of April 30, 2017, 9pm EST. The first season will have eight one-hour episodes.

See also the IMDb listing for the series.

Additional update (Dec 2018):

The second series of American Gods will air on Starz on March 10, 2019. However, Fuller and Green are no longer the showrunners, nor is their replacement, Jesse Alexander. This has also apparently led to Gillian Anderson leaving the cast; they have created a new character, New Media (played by Kahyun Kim), to take the place of Media.

While it won't be made as a movie, and the HBO/Playtone series fell through, it will be a television series on the Starz network, and produced by Freemantle and Living Dead Guy Productions. The showrunners for the series will be Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Pushing Daisies, Wonderfalls) and Michael Green (Heroes, Kings), and Gaiman is writing scripts for the series.

While it won't be made as a movie, and the HBO/Playtone series fell through, it will be a television series on the Starz network, and produced by Freemantle and Living Dead Guy Productions. The showrunners for the series will be Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Pushing Daisies, Wonderfalls) and Michael Green (Heroes, Kings), and Gaiman is writing scripts for the series, and David Slade (Hannibal) will be directing the first episode.

Update:

Starz has announced an airdate of April 30, 2017, 9pm EST. The first season will have eight one-hour episodes.

See also the IMDb listing for the series.