Neil Gaiman Offers To Step Back From ‘Good Omens’ Season 3

EXCLUSIVE: Neil Gaiman is understood to have offered to step back from the third and final season of Prime Video’s fantasy drama Good Omens .

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Deadline revealed on Monday that pre-production had paused on the BBC Studios-produced show in the wake of allegations made by four women against Gaiman, which he denies. This came after Disney’s planned feature adaptation of Gaiman’s 2008 YA title The Graveyard Book also was put on pause .

Now, we understand that Gaiman has made an offer to Amazon and producers to take a back seat on the latest season so that it can continue amid crisis talks over the Terry Pratchett adaptation’s future. Deadline understands Gaiman’s offer is not an admission of wrongdoing following a podcast from Tortoise Media that chronicled accounts of two women, with whom he was in consensual relationships, who accused him of sexual assault. Another two have since come forward. Gaiman’s position is that he denies the allegations and is said to be disturbed by them. His rep did not respond to a request for comment.

Amazon is understood to be considering Gaiman’s offer and no final decisions have been made. Good Omens S3 is in the early stages of pre-production. Gaiman has previously said the show, which is made in Scotland, will shoot from January. Amazon declined comment.

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Last year, Good Omens was renewed for a third and final season with Gaiman continuing to serve as executive producer, writer and showrunner. His fellow co-showrunner, Douglas Mackinnon, departed the show last year.

In Good Omens, Michael Sheen plays Aziraphale, a fussy angel and rare-book dealer, while David Tennant plays the fast-living demon Crowley. Jon Hamm, Miranda Richardson and Frances McDormand also star.

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Good Omens is based on the novel Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Pratchett and Gaiman. The new season is produced by Amazon MGM Studios, BBC Studios Productions, the Blank Corporation, and Narrativia.

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