A television adaptation of Anansi boys by Neil Gaiman, Premiers 11 July 2024 on Amazon Prime Video, starring Malachi Kirby as Charlie Nancy / Spider, Delroy Lindo as Mr. Nancy, Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn as Rosie Noah, Grace Saif as Daisy Day, CCH Pounder as Mrs. Higgler, Fiona Shaw as Maeve Livingstone, Whoopi Goldberg as Bird Woman and Jason Watkins as Grahame Coates.
Anansi boys concerns a timid lad named Charlie Nancy who has been living in London since he was 10 years old, after his mum walked out on his dad. Charlie’s father was an absolute charmer – outgoing, full of swagger and mischief, and a wonderful singer. Charlie, meanwhile, has no confidence in himself whatsoever. Charlie works at the Grahame Coats Agency who provide financial services to the rich and is engaged to Rosie. Charlie agrees to invite his father to the wedding however he discovers that he has just died in Florida in a slightly embarrassing manner. so Charlie is forced to take time off from the talent agency and travel to Florida for the funeral. Charlie discovers that the late Mr. Nancy was actually an incarnation of the West African trickster spider god, Anansi, and that he has special powers and a hitherto unknown brother who can be contacted by talking to a spider.
Charlie is sceptical, however one night he drunkenly whispers to a spider that it would be nice if his brother stopped by for a visit. The next morning he is shocked to meet his suave and well-dressed brother, “Spider”, who is stricken with grief that Anansi had died. At Spider’s recommendation, the two brothers attempt to drown their sorrows and become uproariously drunk. using his divine powers Spider magically disguises himself as Charlie’s twin While at work, Spider discovers his boss Grahame Coats’s long-standing practice of embezzling from his clients and also steals the affection and virginity of Charlie’s fiancée, Rosie Noah. Spider, in the guise of Charlie, reveals his knowledge of the financial improprieties to Grahame Coats. When Grahame meets him next, he gives the real Charlie a large cheque and a holiday from work. Grahame Coats proceeds to alter the financial records to frame Charlie for the embezzlement.
So Charlie requests help from Mrs. Higgler and three of her equally old and eccentric friends to expel Spider. They send Charlie to “the beginning of the world,” an abode of ancient gods where he encounters the fearsome Tiger, the outrageous Hyena, Bird Woman, and the ridiculous Monkey. Meanwhile, in London, a swindled client, Maeve Livingstone, confronts Grahame Coats directly, forcing Grahame Coats to take drastic measures. Then When Charlie returns to England, he is arrested by the police for financial fraud at the Grahame Coats Agency, meanwhile Grahame Coats escapes England and events begin to escalate…
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