Anansi Boys has found its Mr. Nancy in Delroy Lindo.
For the uninitiated: Anansi Boys focuses on Charlie Nancy, “a young man who is used to being embarrassed by his estranged father, Mr. Nancy,” according to the official logline.
Anansi Boys is neither a spinoff nor a sequel to the recently cancelled American Gods, which in its first two seasons featured Sleepy Hollow vet Orlando Jones as Mr. Nancy.
At the time, he suggested that showrunner Charles “Chic” Eglee thought the character of Mr. Nancy sent “the wrong message” to “Black America.”