

The ideas were " expanding into heaven and hell," he said in a conversation with Digital Spy. Terry's not here any longer, but when he was, we had talked about what we wanted to do with Good Omens, and where the story went next." Gaiman continued, "I got to use bits of the sequel in Good Omens – that's where our angels came from. They had quite a funny title for the book - 668: The Neighbour of the Beast. Related: Johnny Depp Almost Took David Tennant's Crowley Role in Good Omens "It's 31 years since Good Omens was published, which means it's 32 years since Terry Pratchett and I lay in our respective beds in a Seattle hotel room at a World Fantasy Convention and plotted the sequel," said Gaiman to TVLine. Gaiman and Pratchett had once mused upon making a sequel to their collaborative work.
RICK AND MORTY EPISODE 2 FULL SERIES
Neil Gaiman has said that this series is not entirely based on the novel, or rather the novel alone. Now the esteemed author has returned for another bite at the proverbial apple to make season two. Knowing the end was near, Pratchett instructed the letter to be mailed to Gaiman after his death and beseeched him to continue working on Good Omens even though he was no longer around.

It began with a famous story of Pratchett writing a letter to Gaiman while they were both working on adapting it as a screenplay. The series was always surrounded by magic, though. It’s been an absolute pleasure to have the brilliant John Finnemore co-write this season's story shenanigans with me, and to work with director and my co-showrunner Douglas Mackinnon as he steers the ship, along with our astonishing crew, who have returned to do it again." I miss having Terry Pratchett's genius, but it does feel like we are still all walking around inside his head. "I am so happy to be back here on the streets of Soho, watching, every day, the glorious performances of Michael Sheen and David Tennant. But with another co-writer, Gaiman said this about his crew:

But it's impressive that the show was created at all due to Neil Gaiman's stalwart attitude that he and Terry Pratchett would work on their Good Omens project "together or not at all."Īnd ever since Pratchett's tragic death in 2015, Gaiman has had to journey this project as its sole progenitor. Season one premiered in 2019 to much renown and fan worship. Good Omens is a show on Prime Video based on the novel by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman entitled Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnus Nutter.
