Production on the third and final season of Good Omens has been suspended following sex assault allegations towards creator Neil Gaiman.
The Amazon Prime Video fantasy-comedy series – based on the book by Gaiman and Terry Pratchett – follows Michael Sheen’s angel Aziraphale and David Tennant’s demon Crowley. The new season was due to begin shooting in Scotland but it has now been paused, reports Variety.
It was renewed for a final season in December 2023.
The suspension comes after Gaiman was accused of sexual assault by two women in July, claims the writer has strongly denied.
According to an article and podcast by Tortoise, Gaiman was reported to be the subject of a police investigation in New Zealand. The allegations span across two decades and come from women who Gaiman was reportedly in consensual relationships with. However, the women argued they experienced what the publication described as “rough and degrading” sex which they claim was not always consensual.
Neil Gaiman CREDIT: Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images for Picturehouse
One woman alleged that Gaiman sexually assaulted her within hours of their first meeting in a bath at his New Zealand residence. The second woman met Gaiman during a book signing and began a consensual relationship with him two years later.
She alleged that there were occasions where she submitted to rough and painful sex “she neither wanted nor enjoyed” and that on another occasion she didn’t consent to sex.
Gaiman strongly denied any accusation of non-consensual sex and later responded to the publication saying: “New Zealand police did not take up his offer of assistance over one woman’s complaint in 2022,” something he says reflects its lack of substance.
NME has reached out to representatives of Gaiman for further comment on the suspension of Good Omens.
Last week, a petition was launched to bring back Netflix series Dead Boy Detectives – based on Gaiman’s comic book series – after it was axed in the wake of the sexual abuse claims.
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