It seems that in the time of Coronavirus, angels and demons have to social distance just like the rest of us. At least according to the world of Good Omens, the Amazon Prime Original inspired by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's extraordinary novel of the same name. David Tennant and Michael Sheen co-starred in the adaptation as the demon Crowley and angel Aziraphale, respectively, and the duo has reunited (from a safe social distance) for the new mini-episode Good Omens: Lockdown. Written by Gaiman himself and assembled with the help of series director Douglas Mackinnon, the video …
I recently sat down with Michael Sheen, who stars as the villainous Dr. Blair Müdfly in director Stephen Gaghan's Dolittle, opening this weekend. While sitting in his trailer on the Universal backlot, Sheen and I had a wide-ranging conversation about working with Robert Downey Jr. and spending so much time looking at a tennis ball on set, the success of Amazon’s Good Omens, his idea for a Columbo episode, why he agreed to co-star on Prodigal Son, his upcoming limited series Quiz (which is about a huge Who Wants To Be A Millionaire scandal in …
Prophecies, miracles and what many would call magic are all part of Good Omens. Now their adventure is over we imagine how they'd fit in at Hogwarts.
Good Omens was a huge hit and fans want more. Here are 5 things we’d all love to know and 5 reasons why we’ll likely never get that sequel.
Good Omens is packed with wonderfully quotable moments, but these are our absolute favorites.
If anyone is good at creating characters with incredible personalities, it's Neil Gaiman, and his work with Terry Pratchett in the book Good Omens is a prime example. Now that everyone is falling in love with the miniseries on Amazon Prime (not Netflix!), those who haven't read the epic 1990 fantasy novel are diving into it, which is fully titled Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch. The novel was nominated for a World Fantasy Award for good reason, and its characters play a big part.
The Good Omens adaptation is currently streaming on Amazon and is gaining fans across the globe. Starring Michael Sheen and David Tennant, the six-part drama was adapted from the book of the same name. Good Omens was published back in 1990 and was co-written by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. After a bumpy ride trying to bring it to screen, Pratchett asked Gaiman to spearhead the adaptation just before he passed away in March 2015.
With Good Omens now streaming on Amazon Video, I recently got to participate in a group interview in London with Jon Hamm and Adria Arjona. During the interview, they talked about the challenges of trying to make something that was famous for being unfilmable, how even though the story was written thirty years ago it’s still just as relevant today, what they learned about the project at the first read-through, when they feel like they’ve got a lock on their characters, and so much more. If you haven’t seen the trailers or read the book, the …
Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett created comedy gold when they wrote the novel Good Omens. The pair wove pop culture references, biblical humor, puns, and even a few slap-stick moments into a work of art. Terry Pratchett always envisioned bringing his creation to life on the screen. The iconic writer passed away before he could see that dream realized but his good friend Neil carries on their work.
Even Neil Gaiman and the late, great Terry Pratchett themselves would have been hard pressed to come up with something quite so perfect in its irony and hilarity. The six-episode TV series adaptation of their collaboration Good Omens, which launched at the tail-end of May, is now the subject of a protest by a Christian group demanding that Netflix take down the "blasphemous" show. The first problem is ... Good Omens is an Amazon production. The rest of the problems are legion. Some 20,000+ folks who likely never saw Good Omens and just as likely think "Netflix" is …
With Good Omens now streaming on Amazon Video, I recently got to participate in a group interview in London with Neil Gaiman, director Douglas Mackinnon, and producer Rob Wilkins. During the interview, they talked about the challenges of trying to make the series on a TV budget, the casting process, David Tennant and Michael Sheen’s fantastic chemistry, the homages to iconic British filmmakers and comedians throughout the series, why they loved working with Amazon, and so much more. If you haven’t seen the trailers or read the book, the six-episode series is based on the 1990 novel …
With Good Omens now streaming on Amazon Video, I recently got to participate in a group interview in London with the two stars of the show: David Tennant and Michael Sheen. During the interview, they talked about what they each learned about their characters during the first table read (where the cast reads the scripts out loud in a group setting), how the costumes helped them embody who they were playing, which time periods were their favorite, how this was one of Sheen’s favorite books, how the series speaks to what’s going on in the world today, and …
When the armies of Good and Evil start to gather together, and the Four Horsemen get ready to ride, it seems as though it’s safe to assume that the Apocalypse is coming and the world is about to end. But when it comes to the story that Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett created for Good Omens, and that Gaiman has brought to life via a six-episode series (streaming at Amazon Prime Video), nothing quite goes according to plan, and the unlikely duo of Aziraphale (Michael Sheen) from Heaven and Crowley (David Tennant) from Hell set out to find …