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Good Omens is a fantasy comedy television series created by Neil Gaiman based on his and Terry Pratchett 's 1990 novel. A co-production between Amazon MGM Studios and BBC Studios, the series was directed by Douglas Mackinnon, with Gaiman also serving as showrunner.
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Good Omens: Created by Neil Gaiman. With David Tennant, Michael Sheen, Miranda Richardson, Jon Hamm. The End of the World is coming, which means a fussy Angel and a loose-living Demon who've become overly fond of life on Earth are forced to form an unlikely alliance to stop Armageddon.
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Jul 16, 2023 · The "Good Omens" TV series makes a direct callout to this important influence in the first season finale, with the "Just William" books being added to Aziraphale's bookshop after Adam restores the ...
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Good Omens is a fantasy comedy streaming series created by Neil Gaiman for Prime Video. It is an adaptation of the novel Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, which was written by Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.
Set in 2018, the series follows the demon Crowley (David Tennant) and the angel Aziraphale (Michael Sheen), longtime acquaintances who have grown accustomed to each other's company, and to a pleasant life on Earth as representatives of Heaven and Hell, and who have agreed not to let the conflict between their sides prevent their friendship. When to...
Starring
•Michael Sheen as Aziraphale, an angel who has lived on Earth since the dawn of creation. He guarded the East gate entrance to the Garden of Eden with a flaming sword, which he gave to Adam and Eve on their expulsion from the Garden out of concern for their well-being. He has grown to love the finer things of human life, enjoys haute cuisine and owns an antiquarian bookshop in London. •David Tennant as Crowley, a demon who has lived on Earth since the dawn of creation. Originally called "Crawly", he is the Serpent who tempted Eve with the apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. •Sam Taylor Buck as Adam Young, the reluctant Antichrist accidentally placed in the custody of the Young family. (Season 1) •Jon Hamm as Gabriel, the leader of the forces of Heaven. While Gabriel was only mentioned once in the original novel, his role was meant to be expanded in the unfinished sequel to Good Omens; Gaiman incorporated parts of the planned sequel into the TV series' plot.
Featured
Actors credited in the opening titles of episodes in which they play a significant role. •Steve Pemberton as Glozier •Mark Gatiss as Harmony •Reece Shearsmith as William Shakespeare(Season 1) & Furfur, a demon official (Season 2) •David Morrissey as Captain Vincent, the captain of the cruise ship that runs aground on Atlantis. •Simon Merrells as Leslie the International Express Man, a man who helps summon the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. •Derek Jacobi as Metatron, the spokesperson for God. •Johnny Vegas as Ron Ormerod (Season 1) •Andy Hamilton as the voice of Hell's Usher (Season 1) •Benedict Cumberbatch as Satan, the ruler of Hell; Niall Greig Fulton performs motion-capture for the character while Cumberbatch voices him.(Season 1) •Peter Davison as Job (Season 2) •Andi Osho as Sitis, Job's wife (Season 2) •Ty Tennant as Ennon, son of Job (Season 2) •Sean Biggerstaff as Mr. Dalrymple, a doctor in 19th century Edinburgh (Season 2) •Julie McLellan as Wee Morag, a poor woman in 19th century Edinburgh (Season 2) •Abigail Lawrie as Elspeth, a poor grave-robber (Season 2) •Niamh Walsh as Greta Kleinschmidt, a Nazi agent.(Season 2) •Tim Downie as Mr. Brown, a carpet salesman and chairman of the Whickber Street Traders and Shopkeepers' Association (Season 2) •Donna Preston as Mrs. Sandwich, a seamstress/brothel owner on Whickber Street. (Season 2) •Elizabeth Berrington as Dagon, one of the elite demons in Hell. •Siân Phillips as Mrs. Henderson, a 1940s cabaret impresario. (Season 2) •Pete Firman as Pat, the proprietor of a magic shop in the 1940s. (Season 2)
Recurring Co-stars
•Daniel Mays as Arthur Young, Adam's father.(Season 1) •Siân Brooke as Deirdre Young, Adam's mother(Season 1) •Ned Dennehy as Hastur, a demon. (Season 1) •Ariyon Bakareas Ligur, a demon. (Season 1) •Nick Offerman as Thaddeus Dowling, the US Ambassador to the UK and father of Warlock. (Season 1) •Anna Maxwell Martin (Season 1) and Shelley Conn (Season 2) as Beelzebub, the leader of the forces of Hell. •Nina Sosanya as Sister Mary Loquacious (Season 1) & Nina (Season 2), the owner of the coffee shop "Give Me Coffee or Give Me Death" which is across the street from Aziraphale's bookstore. •Maggie Service as Sister Theresa Garrulous (Season 1) & Maggie (Season 2), Aziraphale's tenant and a record shop owner. •Doon Mackichan as Michael, an archangel. •Frances McDormand as the voice of God, the narrator in Season 1. •Adria Arjona as Anathema Device (Season 1), Agnes Nutter's last descendant and an occultist who eventually teams up with Newton Pulsifer to try and stop the end of the world. •Miranda Richardson as Madame Tracy (Season 1), a part-time medium and courtesan & Shax (Season 2), a demon and confidante of Crowley's. •Michael McKean as Witchfinder Sergeant Shadwell (Season 1), the last officer of the once-proud witchfinder army. •Jack Whitehall as Newton Pulsifer (Season 1), a struggling computer engineer & Thou-Shalt-Not-Commit-Adultery Pulsifer. (Season 1) •Mireille Enos as War (Season 1), one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse that appears in the form of war correspondent Carmine "Red" Zingiber. •Bill Paterson as R.P. Tyler (Season 1), a member of the Tadfield Neighbourhood Watch and neighbour of the Young family. •Yusuf Gatewood as Famine (Season 1), one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse who appears in the form of dietician and entrepreneur Raven Sable. •Lourdes Faberes as Pollution (Season 1) one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and appears in the place of Pestilence who has retired as a Horseman upon the discovery of penicillin. •Brian Cox as Death (Season 1), one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. •Jamie Hill physically performs the character while Cox voices him. •Gloria Obianyo as Uriel, an Archangel •Liz Carr as Saraqael, an Archangel. (Season 2) •Quelin Sepulveda as Muriel, an angel. (Season 2)
Development
Pratchett and Gaiman had planned to adapt Good Omens as a movie for years, with various directors and writers attached to the project along the way. In 2011, a television series, written by Terry Jones and Gavin Scott, was first reported to be in the works but no further plans were announced. After Pratchett's death, Gaiman refused to ever consider working on the adaptation alone but changed his mind when he received a letter from Pratchett, written to be sent after his death, urging him to finish the project. On January 19, 2017, it was announced that Amazon Prime Video had given a green-light to a television series adaptation of the novel to be co-produced with the BBC in the United Kingdom. Executive producers were set to include Gaiman, Caroline Skinner, Chris Sussman, Rob Wilkins, and Rod Brown. Gaiman was also set to adapt the novel for the screen and serve as showrunner for the series. Production companies involved with the series were slated to consist of BBC Studios, Narrativia, and The Blank Corporation. Distribution of the series was to be handled by BBC Worldwide. On June 29, 2021, the series was renewed for a second season consisting of six episodes. By July 28, 2023, a third season was teased but it was by no means officially confirmed. On July 31, 2023, it was confirmed that should the series get a Season 3, that would be the final season of the series, as neither the cast nor crew foresee it as having a fourth season.
Casting
On August 14, 2017, it was announced that Michael Sheen and David Tennant had been cast in the lead roles of Aziraphale and Crowley, respectively. On September 14, 2017, Gaiman revealed on Twitter that Nina Sosanya, Ned Dennehy, and Ariyon Bakare had joined the main cast. A day later, Jack Whitehall, Michael McKean, Miranda Richardson, and Adria Arjona were announced as series regulars. A week after that, Sam Taylor Buck, Amma Ris, Ilan Galkoff, Alfie Taylor, Daniel Mays, and Siân Brooke were also cast. In October 2017, it was reported that Jon Hamm, Anna Maxwell Martin, Mireille Enos, Lourdes Faberes, and Yusuf Gatewood had joined the main cast. In November 2017, it was reported that Reece Shearsmith and Nicholas Parsons had also been cast. On December 15, 2017 it was reported that Derek Jacobi would voice the Metatron. On February 9, 2018 it was announced that Steve Pemberton and Mark Gatiss had joined the series. On March 6, 2018, it was announced that Nick Offerman had been cast in a series regular role. On July 20, 2018, it was announced during Amazon's San Diego Comic-Con panel that Frances McDormand had been cast as the voice of God as well as the series' narrator. On February 13, 2019, Neil Gaiman announced that Benedict Cumberbatch would voice Satan with the character itself being a CGI creation. On July 11, 2023 Sheen spoke a bit about how his casting came to be, explaining that he had long been friends with Gaiman.However, when they began talking about the series, they had envisioned him playing David Tennant's Crowley.
Filming
The 109 days of principal photography for the series took place over a six-month period beginning September 18, 2017 and ending in early March 2018. Shooting began throughout the UK with subsequent filming taking place in and around Cape Town, South Africa. In October 2017, the production was spotted filming in Surrey. The series also filmed in St James's Park and Tavistock Square in London and Hambleden. The Soho area of London representing the street and Aziraphale's bookshop was created and shot in Hertfordshire at Bovingdon Airbase. A vacant building in Weybridge, Surrey served as Heaven's corporate headquarters, and Hogback Wood, the location for Adam and his friends, was also filmed in Surrey. Bulstrode Park, just outside Gerrards Cross in Buckinghamshire, with its mansion and grounds, was used for the satanic convent/hospital and later the corporate training center. The American Army base was located and filmed in Upper Heyford, in Oxfordshire. The Weald and Downland Living Museum in West Sussex was used to film Agnes Nutter's burning at the stake. It was shot over a two-day period in October 2017. The car in the novel is a 1926 Bentley, but neither Gaiman nor Pratchett really knew what a 1926 model looked like when they wrote Good Omens. For the television series, a 1933 model which had more of the look Gaiman had in mind was used. The Bentley used in filming is valued at £250,000. Moreover, the second season began filming in later 2021 in Scotland.
The six episodes of the series were released on Amazon Prime Video on May 31, 2019. It aired weekly on BBC Two between January 15 and February 19, 2020. David Tennant and Michael Sheen reprised their respective roles in voice-only form for a 3-minute short titled "Good Omens: Lockdown" which was released on YouTube on May 1, 2020. The short imagines how their characters might be doing in isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The second season is set to be released in its entirety on Amazon Prime Video on July 28, 2023.
•Like the novel, Good Omens features various Christian themes and figures and follows various characters all trying to either encourage or prevent an imminent Armageddon, seen through the eyes of the angel Aziraphale and the demon Crowley.
•Terry Pratchett's iconic hat and scarf appear in Aziraphale's bookshop.
•On October 26, 2019 the DVD for Season 1 was released by the BBC.
•On Aug. 4, 2023, Pratchett’s “voice on Earth” Rob Wilkins confirms that the late author would have given his blessing to the diverse gender, race and sexuality in the Good Omens TV series.
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4.‘Succession’ Star Brian Cox Joins Neil Gaiman’s ‘Good Omens’ As The Voice Of Death - Deadline
5.Good Omens: Neil Gaiman to adapt Terry Pratchett collaboration for TV - The Guardian
6.First Good Omens Table Read Reveals Character Looks, Major Casting News, and More - Vanity Fair
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