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Genre veterans CCH Pounder and Jason Watkins have joined the cast of Prime Video’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Anansi Boys.

Killing Eve’s Fiona Shaw is also on board as are L. Scott Caldwell (Lost), Joy Richardson (Small Axe) and Lachele Carl (Doctor Who) .

Malachi Kirby plays Charlie Nancy  with Pounder as Mrs. Higgler, the matriarch of her clan and an old family friend of Charlie’s, with Watkins as Graham Coats and Shaw as Maeve Livingstone.

Gaiman told Deadline: “The sheer amount of acting talent on Anansi Boys is such that I keep pinching myself to make certain I’m not dreaming it. I can’t wait until the world sees what we’re making.” Executive producer Hannah M. Culpepper added: “It’s such a thrill to work with this cast whom I have long admired.  Each one brings so much magic to the screen and life to the story.”