Amazon’s Good Omens has time for one more Armageddon, but not by much. Amazon Prime Video announced last year that Good Omens would be returning for one final season, but TVLine reports that it will only have one 90-minute episode and that filming will begin soon in Scotland. .
Amazon originally announced that Discworld creator Terry Pratchett and author Neil Gaiman, who co-wrote the book on which Good Omens is based, would serve as executive producers, writers, and showrunners for the show. He has confirmed that he will continue to play until the final season. TVLine says Gaiman “contributed to the episode’s script,” but “will not be involved in production.”
Gaiman has retreated from the spotlight and several projects based on his work since sexual assault allegations surfaced in July. Tortoise Media’s podcast “Master: The Allegations Against Neil Gaiman” outlines the author’s alleged actions using testimony from four women, one of whom signed a non-disclosure agreement. A fifth woman later made similar accusations on her podcast. According to Rolling Stone, Gaiman denied the allegations and said he was “upset” by them.
The allegations led to a pause in pre-production on the third season of Good Omens. According to Deadline, Gaiman also asked to leave the show in September.
Good Omens stars Michael Sheen as the nagging angelic angel Aziraphale and David Tennant as Crowley, the free-spirited demon who forms an unlikely alliance to stop the arrival of the Antichrist and the destruction of humanity. acting. The dramatic comedy began as a limited series on Amazon’s streaming network in 2019, but the show’s popularity led to a second season in 2020 with an expanded cast that included Jon Hamm as the Archangel Gabriel. Ta.
