Good Omens

[Who's Wee Dug]

From Neil.
Neil Gaiman ‏@neilhimself 15h15 hours ago
I just sent off the sixth and final Good Omens TV script to my producer & agents. Now, I suspect, the real cutting and shaping work starts.

 

[Tonyblack]

Great news! I hope the casting is good - especially of the kids.

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

I'm looking forwards to seeing who the four bikers of the Apocalypse cast are, I have fond memories of bombing up & down the M6 on my bike at illegal speeds.

 

[Sister Jennifer]

Sweet.

 

[RathDarkblade]

Indeed. The casting for DEATH, however, has to be perfect. Christopher Lee would have been perfect for the voice. Alas.

I wonder who would be the four bikers who tag along with the Four Horsemen. (And how they would deal with their final scene... yeesh).

 

[Molokov]

Given that Neil Gaiman's only just finished the scripts, I suspect casting is still a ways off. That being said, Neil did say either on his twitter or in an interview that he's attending a readthrough of the script later this year - whether that's with an official cast or just temporary actors, who knows?

I suspect you *might* be able to get a little bit of information out of Rob Wilkins and Rod Brown at the UK Discworld convention in a few weeks' time, however...

 

[Sister Jennifer]

I was looking at the cast of the radio adaptation. Do you think they'll ask any of them?

 

[Molokov]

I was looking at the cast of the radio adaptation. Do you think they'll ask any of them?

That'd be great if it were possible, wouldn't it?

I think Peter Serafinowicz is currently tied up with the new The Tick TV series, so he may not be available any time soon...

 

[Sister Jennifer]

Yeah, for sure it would. That cast looks really good. Ah well, we will have to be patient.

 

[Christoph81]

Yeah, for sure it would. That cast looks really good. Ah well, we will have to be patient.

Indead. I'll play Elvis if they need me.

 

[Penfold]

Just feegled this from Faceborg. I have no idea who has actually been cast but I'm now getting more optimistic of seeing an end product.

 

[Molokov]

Neil's Tweet says nothing about casting, just that he's writing something for a press release.

So all that means is there's a press release coming out soon. What the press release will *say* is another story. My guess is just the production partner, maybe the producers and director. Cast is a possibility, but given that the script first drafts were only recently finished (which we know from an earlier tweet by Neil), it's highly likely that they haven't done the casting yet.

I doubt they're ready to start shooting just yet.

 

[Catch-up]

Very exciting! Cast or not. Looking forward to seeing it. And, I didn't see anything above about who's making it?

 

[Bouncy Castle]

Narrativia are delighted to announce their first major television Co-Production with BBC Studios and Neil Gaiman’s Blank Corporation. The series will be broadcast in 2018 by Amazon Prime Video and the BBC. BAFTA-winning producers and Narrativia Directors Rob Wilkins and Rod Brown are to Executive Produce the project.

http://discworld.com/narrativia-announc ... rporation/

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

But it's being shown first on Amazon Primebefore its on the Beeb

 

[Bouncy Castle]

I know.

 

[RathDarkblade]

And... again... us Aussies probably won't get to see it for about a year after the Beeb shows it, because Aussie TV thinks that local content (like reality TV - boo, hiss) is more important.

Shame, Aussie TV.

 

[Molokov]

.. although Amazon Prime Video is now available here. Whether that means it'll get Good Omens when the UK gets it or not, I have no idea. Plus, it's yet another subscription if you want to have it...

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

You can try amazon prime free for a month.

 

[phalarope]

Those of us in the USA can see it on Prime, 'cause we can't see it on BBC iPlayer. This is a good thing.