The First Look at 'Good Omens' Season 2 Introduces Old Actors as New Characters

When the original Good Omens limited series arrived on Prime Video back in May 2019, it was a triumph for author Neil Gaiman, who was badly in need of one. His first prestige TV adaptation, American Gods, was sinking at Starz under the weight of disastrous behind-the-scenes upheaval. His hopes for The Sandman at HBO had been dashed when they passed it over as too expensive; Netflix had picked it up, but the show was basically still mired in development hell. But the largely faithful, and surprisingly adept translation of one of his most popular stand-alone stories, written with the late Terry Pratchett, was a breakthrough hit on Prime, a streaming service whose marketing track record was super hit and miss.

That being said, the story was just that, a stand-alone, and the adaptation one that ended with the novel, making a second season highly doubtful. However, given two years and a pandemic, it turned out the impossible wasn't so unfeasible. In June 2021, Amazon and the BBC announced Good Omens 2 would be forthcoming, with most of the cast back for another round... somehow.

At New York Comic-Con 2022, fans got a first look at some of that somehow, and how it came together. Gaiman told the assembled crowd he'd basically hit upon the follow up around the time the first season debuted. He sold the idea to co-showrunner and series director Douglas Mackinnon, executive producer Rob Wilkins, who the team treats as Terry Pratchett's official stand-in, and Amazon and the BBC suits that summer. However, he didn't buckle down and write it until a full year on, trapped by the pandemic, he said it just poured out of him.