With recent adaptations of American Gods and Good Omens, it seemed that there was a Neil Gaiman renaissance—until there wasn’t. After recent sexual assault allegations brought up against the fantasy author, it looks like one of his shows is going to be pushing forward without him.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the third and final season of Good Omens is going to be dropping Gaiman and will hire someone else to take on his role as executive producer; it is worth noting that Gaiman did do some writing for the third season though.
Probably the biggest change besides Gaiman getting dropped is that instead of a full season, the show is only going to have one episode which will run for 90 minutes. Production is set to begin in Scotland early 2025.
The third season had been announced way back in December 2023, and had originally been released as a limited series. But after the positive reception of the first season, the series got a greenlight for a second one, and now fans are waiting on a third.
While the story can get a bit Doctor Who-ish for some, Good Omens’ shining light is the chemistry between both leads David Tennant and Michael Sheen who play a devil and angel respectively as they live throughout history and suddenly have to try and stop Armageddon. It has all of the Gaiman-isms one can expect from his kind of story, with fantasy characters interacting with all kinds of mythological creatures.
It’s certainly a shame that fans won’t get a full season, but at least the series is getting a chance to come up with a proper ending. Just look at what happened to Netflix’s GLOW.
