Until I see a trailer I won't believe it as Good Omens is one of those properties that has been getting a film or a TV series since it's first release with none of the them going anywhere.
Executive Producer is often as not a bullshit title; it can mean anything from "Ur-God of the show past which all must pass" to "eats doughnuts halfway across the country on the production budget's dime."
Gaiman tends to in the middle but uses his power for good. The reason HBO lost American Gods is because they wanted to cast a white guy as Shadow, stuff like that is why he stays as a producer on most projects
Article: "Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's sprawling fantasy novel was notorious within the film and TV industries. Screenwriters turned their noses up at the project, and various attempts over the years to bring page to screen ended in disappointment."
But, according to Gaiman, one of Pratchett's last requests was that the novel be adapted for the screen.
"[Pratchett said] 'You have to make it into television because I want to see it before the lights go out,'" explained Gaiman at the premiere.
"I said OK, figuring I had six or seven years of Terry left. And then he died, which suddenly turned into a last request."
Gaiman took on the task of adapting the story himself - giving the project a stamp of approval that helped it attract some stellar names to the cast.
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