It’s far from the desired send-off, but Good Omens will get one final farewell. The Amazon fantasy drama is eschewing a full third season for one 90-minute episode, following creator Neil Gaiman‘s departure from the project in light of sexual assault allegations from several women.
Michael Sheen and David Tennant are set to reprise their roles as angel Aziraphale and demon Crowley, respectively, for the one-off feature, with filming beginning in early 2025. A new scribe is expected to work off Gaiman’s script, though insiders told Deadline that confirmation still remains up in the air.
The show was renewed for its third and final season last year, but pre-production stopped when Tortoise Media released a podcast series that documented accounts of five women. Allegedly, the author sexually assaulted two of them, with whom he was in consensual relationships, with another two coming forward after. Gaiman denies the accusations.
Originally based on Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s bestselling novel, the popular series follows the unlikely angel-demon pair as they work together to stop the apocalypse. The first season saw them preventing the coming of the Antichrist, and the second revolved around their discovery of what happened to Archangel Gabriel while hiding him from both Heaven and Hell.
Gaiman served as writer, showrunner, and executive producer for the first two seasons. Again, he won’t be involved in the 90-minute episode for Good Omens Season 3, marking the latest high-profile exit after Season 1 and 2 co-showrunner Douglas Mackinnon left the project. No release date has been set for the forthcoming sequel.
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