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Neil Gaiman’s Series ‘Good Omens’ Casts Michael Sheen And David Tennant In Lead Roles

The Amazon series adaption of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s apocalypse-comedy ‘Good Omens’ is moving along and has now revealed that the show’s lead roles have now been cast. Underworld/’Masters of Sex’ actor Michael Sheen is set to star as Aziraphale, and angel. Terry Pratchett, most recognized for his run as “the doctor” on ‘Doctor Who’, will play opposite Sheen as a demon named Crowley, Variety reports. In the novel, which was Gaiman’s first, the world is on the brink of the apocalypse. Aziraphale and Crowley are attempting to stop the “End Times” from happening as they search out the son of Satan. ‘Good Omens’ is set to premiere some time in 2018 and is co-produced by BBC Studios, Narrativia, and the Blank Corporation in association with Amazon Prime Video. Gaiman, Chris Sussman, Caroline Skinner, Rob Wilkins, and Rod Brown serve as executive producers. The six episode series was adapted by Gaiman himself. He will also serve as showrunner. Following

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Aug 14, 2017
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BBC Developing A Victorian Era Series Adaption Of WAR OF THE WORLDS

BBC has announced several new upcoming series, including a three part series based on the novel The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. Scheduled to enter production next year, the show will be set in the Victorian era. The series is penned by Peter Hartness (Doctor Who). Mammoth Studios’ Director of Production, Damien Timmer, has said that even though the book has been adapted several times before the series will be a fresh take on the classic, “no one has ever attempted to follow Wells and locate the story in Dorking at the turn of the century.” In the novel a narrator watches what he believes is a series of shooting stars that turn out to be metal cylinders carrying martian invaders.

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Neil Gaiman’s Series ‘Good Omens’ Casts Michael Sheen And David Tennant In Lead Roles

The Amazon series adaption of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s apocalypse-comedy ‘Good Omens’ is moving along and has now revealed that the show’s lead roles have now been cast. Underworld/’Masters of Sex’ actor Michael Sheen is set to star as Aziraphale, and angel. Terry Pratchett, most recognized for his run as “the doctor” on ‘Doctor Who’, will play opposite Sheen as a demon named Crowley, Variety reports. In the novel, which was Gaiman’s first, the world is on the brink of the apocalypse. Aziraphale and Crowley are attempting to stop the “End Times” from happening as they search out the son of Satan. ‘Good Omens’ is set to premiere some time in 2018 and is co-produced by BBC Studios, Narrativia, and the Blank Corporation in association with Amazon Prime Video. Gaiman, Chris Sussman, Caroline Skinner, Rob Wilkins, and Rod Brown serve as executive producers. The six episode series was adapted by Gaiman himself. He will also serve as showrunner. Following

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Aug 14, 2017
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BBC Developing A Victorian Era Series Adaption Of WAR OF THE WORLDS

BBC has announced several new upcoming series, including a three part series based on the novel The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. Scheduled to enter production next year, the show will be set in the Victorian era. The series is penned by Peter Hartness (Doctor Who). Mammoth Studios’ Director of Production, Damien Timmer, has said that even though the book has been adapted several times before the series will be a fresh take on the classic, “no one has ever attempted to follow Wells and locate the story in Dorking at the turn of the century.” In the novel a narrator watches what he believes is a series of shooting stars that turn out to be metal cylinders carrying martian invaders.

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