Michael Sheen and David Tennant set to star in Neil Gaiman’s Good Omens
They will headline the Amazon and BBC co-production.
Michael Sheen and David Tennant are poised to take the lead roles in a TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s Good Omens, it has been reported.
The duo will play an angel and a demon who are not very enthusiastic about the end of the world in the co-production between Amazon and the BBC.
Good Omens is Gaiman’s first novel, which he wrote in collaboration with Pratchett.
Sheen told Variety: “I first read ‘Good Omens’ as a teenager and it’s been one of my favourite stories ever since.
“And, just like the rest of the world, I’m a huge fan of David’s so I relish trying to save it with him.”
“It became many people’s favourite book. Three decades later, it’s going to make it to the screen. I can’t think of anyone we’d rather make it with than BBC Studios, and I just wish Sir Terry was alive to see it.”
Good Omens will broadcast on the BBC in the UK in 2018, following its premiere on Amazon Prime Video.
A spokeswoman for Amazon declined to comment on the casting reports.
