Angels, demons, the Antichrist, oh my! Amazon Prime Video brings us the adaptation of Neil Gamin and Terry Pratchett’s best-selling novel, Good Omens.
According to The Nice And Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, (the world’s only completely accurate book of prophecies) the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. Just before dinner. The End of the World is coming, which means a fussy Angel named Aziraphale and a loose-living Demon named Crowley who’ve become overly fond of life on Earth are forced to form an unlikely alliance to stop Armageddon. But they have lost the Antichrist, an 11-year-old boy unaware he’s meant to bring upon the end of days, forcing them to embark on an adventure to find him and save the world before it’s too late.
“I first read Good Omens as a teenager and it’s been one of my favourite stories ever since,” said Michael Sheen, who plays the angel Aziraphale. “To be part of the team entrusted with bringing it alive on screen is a bit of a dream come true to be honest. To work alongside Neil, who I think is one of the greatest storytellers of all time, is incredibly exciting. And, just like the rest of the world, I’m a huge fan of David Tennant’s (who plays Crowley) so I relish trying to save it with him.”
In a statement, Neil Gaiman said: “Almost 30 years ago Terry Pratchett and I wrote the funniest novel we could about the end of the world, populated with angels and demons, not to mention an 11 year-old Antichrist, witch-finders and the four horsepeople of the Apocalypse. It became many people’s favourite book. Three decades later, it’s going to make it to the screen. I can’t think of anyone we’d rather make it with than BBC Studios, and I just wish Sir Terry was alive to see it.”
The series began filming in September 2017 for over six months and it was filmed in parts of London, Oxfordshire, and South Africa.
Good Omens stars Michael Sheen (Masters of Sex), David Tennant (Doctor Who), Jon Hamm (Mad Men), Adria Arjona (Emerald City), Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation), Miranda Richardson (Harry Potter), Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange), Jack Whitehall (Bad Education), Michael McKean (Better Call Saul), and Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
With six episodes, Good Omens will be available May 31st on Amazon Prime Video in over 200 countries.
