Amazon Prime Video has confirmed the production on BBC Studios’ upcoming second season of Neil Gaiman’s fantasy drama series Good Omens has already begun in Scotland. The filming start also came with the release of the first Good Omens Season 2 photos which you can check out below, providing us with our first look at the return of Michael Sheen’s angel Aziraphale and David Tennant’s demon Crowley.
“I am so happy to be back here on the streets of Soho, watching, every day, the glorious performances of Michael Sheen and David Tennant,” Gaiman said in a statement. “I miss having Terry Pratchett’s genius, but it does feel like we are still all walking around inside his head. It’s been an absolute pleasure to have the brilliant John Finnemore co-write this season’s story shenanigans with me, and to work with director and my co-showrunner Douglas Mackinnon as he steers the ship, along with our astonishing crew, who have returned to do it again. In this season we get to have new adventures with old friends, to solve some extremely mysterious mysteries, and we encounter some entirely new humans (living, dead, and otherwise), angels, and demons. We were lucky in the first season to have so many outstanding actors taking part, so I took pleasure in inviting people back, wherever we could, some in the roles they played originally, some in new parts written just for them.”
You waited. And now you see @michaelsheen and David Tennant, being perfectly effable.
(On our Soho set. The bookshop is on the left. Could that be a pub on the right?)#GoodOmens Season 2 @PrimeVideo pic.twitter.com/LiqCGWT8Oh
— Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) November 2, 2021
Aziraphale and Crowley take on the end of the world. Again. Here’s your exclusive first look at the upcoming Season 2 of Good Omens. pic.twitter.com/g2ZQqWq42h
— Prime Video (@PrimeVideo) November 2, 2021
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Based on Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s 1990 novel, Good Omens centers around fussy angel and rare book dealer Aziraphale and the fast-living demon Crowley who teamed up to try to stop the impending apocalypse. Joining Sheen and Tennant are returning cast including Paul Adeyefa (Bancroft), Michael McKean (Better Call Saul), Gloria Obianyo (Dune), Miranda Richardson (Stronger), Maggie Service (Quiz), Reece Shearsmith (The League of Gentlemen), and Nina Sosanya (Killing Eve), who are all set to portray new characters.
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“The new 6-episode season will explore storylines that go beyond the original source material to illuminate the uncanny friendship between Aziraphale, a fussy angel and rare book dealer, and the fast-living demon Crowley,” reads the synopsis. “Having been on Earth since The Beginning, and with the Apocalypse thwarted, Aziraphale and Crowley are getting back to easy living amongst mortals in London’s Soho when an unexpected messenger presents a surprising mystery.”
The series is led by Michael Sheen (Masters of Sex) and David Tennant (Jessica Jones). The first season featured a star-studded cast including Frances McDormand as the narrator and voice of God, Jon Hamm as Gabriel, Brian Cox as Death, Mireille Enos as War, Benedict Cumberbatch as Satan, and more.
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Good Omens is created and executive produced by Neil Gaiman, who will continue to serve as the showrunner alongside director Douglas Mackinnon. Executive producers are Mackinnon, Rob Wilkins, John Finnemore, and Josh Cole, with Finnemore to co-write the second season with Gaiman.
