‘Anansi Boys’: Whoopi Goldberg To Play Bird Woman In Neil Gaiman’s Series Adaptation For Prime Video
deadline.comWhoopi Goldberg has been tapped to play the menacing Bird Woman opposite Malachi Kirby and Delroy Lindo in Anansi Boys, Neil Gaiman’s series adaptation for Prime Video.Based on Gaiman’s fantasy novel, the six-episode series is set throughout contemporary London and follows a cast of characters in an epic story that stretches from the UK to Florida, the Caribbean, and the mythical World Before Time.
Kirby stars in the leading roles of Fat Charlie and Spider. The series is currently filming in Scotland and will premiere on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.Per Amazon Studios’ descriptions: Anansi Boys follows Charlie Nancy (Kirby)—sometimes known as Fat Charlie (it was his father’s nickname for him; he’s not fat)—a young man who is used to being embarrassed by his estranged father.
But when his father dies, Charlie discovers that he was Anansi: Trickster God of stories (Delroy Lindo). And he learns that he has a brother.
Now that brother, Spider (also played by Kirby), is entering Charlie’s life, determined to make it more interesting—but making it a lot more dangerous instead.Goldberg’s Bird Woman is the embodiment of birds.
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