#douglas mackinnon

[clairedelune-13]

Are people forgetting that GO is not written by ONE PERSON BUT TWO. It’s mostly Terry Pratchett’s work. If you want to keep investing in GO, do it in support of him, who’s literal dying wish was to see it made into cinema.

Keep loving Good Omens for those like Terry, Michael Sheen, David Tennant, Jon Hamm, Douglas Mackinnon, and everyone else who helped bring it to life.

The show is a COLLABORATIVE effort. If you no longer feel you can support Gaiman, that’s valid. But don’t disregard the others in the production who did nothing wrong.

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS S2 BTS VIDEO! :)❤ 🐍😊

David: Good Omens 2 will be once more unto the breach...

Michael: The kind of world that Neil and Terry Pratchett created here. It's... it seems to be expanding out into the world in all kinds of unexpected and and truly joyful ways.

Douglas Mackinnon (the directior): If Season one was a comedy about the End of the World, Season Two is a comedy about the beginning of everything else.

Miranda Richardson (demon Shax): The Bromance is continuing.

Doon Mackichan (Archangel Michael): What a cast, is all I can say, incredible, incredible cast.

Liz Carr (angel Saraqael): But of course a script of Good Omens is a whole different thing because anything can happen.

Shelley Con (Prince of Hell Beelzebub): There's always a smirk somewhere around the corner in a Good Omens script.

Quelin Sepulveda (angel Muriel): I had no idea what to expect, where this character was gonna go...

Liz: I feel quite honored that when they were thinking of the realms of sarcasm they thought of me.

Gloria Obianyo (angel Uriel): Seven-year-old me is like, 'Oh my God! This is the stuff of dreams!'

Maggie Service (human Maggie): A whole Fantastical Universe of joy that we just get to playing and you'll get to watch.

Tim Downie (Mr Brown): I am immeasurably, immeasurably excited.

Jon Hamm (Archangel Gabriel / Jim): You know I was very pleased when when I was brought back to be a part of that story.

Neil Gaiman: Ppeople are excited and I'm working so hard to tell them absolutely nothing. I'm very lucky because Michael Sheen and David Tennant love Crowley and Aziraphale. I think the first moment that I saw David and Michael acting together... all of a sudden there was Crowley and there was Aziraphale, it was like seeing two friends who I hadn't seen for years.

David: There's something about the way Neil sees the mundane that is extraordinary and there's something about the way things filter through his imagination and of course in this world it also sprinkled with the imagination of Terry Pratchett and those two together created this cocktail that is it's unlike anything you've seen anywhere else and yet it feels utterly familiar.

Michael: And they both have a sense of the absurdity of what it is to be a human.

Rob Wilkins: When you've got David and Michael in front of the camera David and Michael evaporate and you have Crowley in Aziraphale and that relationship it needed it needed interrogating more and of course we all know that Terry and Neil had conversations about what the sequel would be and Neil has taken that and he's blown it up in a way that the viewers are just going to love so what would Terry think? Terry would pat Neil on the back and he would push Good Omens forward, he would break a bottle of champagne over its bows and be absolutely delighted and I know that, I'm the one person on Earth who's been entrusted to know that for certain and I promise you Terry would be absolutely delighted.

David: We've got some cast members coming back, returning but playing different parts which is a lovely little addition to things isn't it, so Miranda Richardson is back not playing the same role as Season One, she's now Shax, my replacement - Crowley's replacement on Earth.

Neil: Shelley Conn came in as Beelzebub and it feels in a weird way kind of like a Doctor Who Regeneration. We have a new demon called Furfur played by Rheece Shearsmith who was our Shakespeare in Season One.

David: Nina and Maggie were two of the Sisters in Season One, The nunnery of Doom, and now they are two characters imaginatively called Nina and Maggie.

Maggie: In season one really it was just me and the nuns, it was the nun gang, so to actually get to meet Aziraphale and Crowley... I hadn't been prepared for how delightful Aziraphale is.

Neil: Season Two begins about threem four years after the events of Season One.

Michael: Aziraphale and Crowley now are, you know, out on their own, they're.. they're a team to themselves.

Neil: Everything changes when Aziraphale gets an unexpected visitor.

Michael: A familiar face comes along with a mystery that needs solving and as Aziraphale and Crowley attempt to solve that mystery they realize that there are much more terrifying things ahead than they've had to deal with in the past. That involves having to go back through history as well to get clues as to what might be going on.

David: When we go back into these stories set within Aziraphale and Crowley's personal history there are moments within those stories where where their relationships sort of pivots or develops in some way. Himself and Aziraphale I think rely on each other even more in season two than they did in Season One because they are by necessity and by circumstance they're a they're a double act that nobody else can join.

Michael: It's extraordinary to see how important these characters and this story have become to a lot of people and how much people enjoy expressing themselves through art, through fan fiction.

David: I went to a Comic-Con and the amount of Crowleys and Aziraphales that I saw everywhere, the cosplaying just took off, and always in twos, which was joyous because of course the characters in my mind only exist in relation to each other. They are the Ying and the Yang.

Michael: It's such a... I think it's such a compliment and I think Neil feels the same way as well.

Maggie: Always clever Neil Gaiman, isn't he?

Nina: Yeah yeah, you'd have to sort of admit that at some point, yeah-

Maggie: He's quite good at his job.

[neil-gaiman]

I just found this on my computer while looking for something else. It may make you appreciate the filmmaking magic that gave us sunny days in Soho...

[ev-belknap]

RIGHT, Good Omens folks, let’s talk blocking: the art of where you put your actors within the scene, in relation to others.

Season 1, Aziraphale is always on the right side, and Crowley is always on his left side. The only exceptions to this is in the Bentley, because of the steering wheel, and on the park bench during the switch.

Aziraphale expects Crowley to appear on his left too. At the Ark he still turns right when he feels an ethereal presence, only to turn left right away. Present day, when he’s eating sushi and Gabriel appears, he smiles, turns *left*, instantly realises it’s not that kind of ethereal visit, turns right with a bit of a panic.

Aziraphale right, Crowley left. Always. Right?

Season 2 switches this up. By a LOT.

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It starts moment one in the coffee shop, blink and you’ll miss it: Aziraphale is sitting down, senses Crowley, *turns left*, only for Crowley to walk around the table *right*, and sit down. It’s a tiny moment, but it speaks so loudly on… well, Aziraphale’s assumptions. Which he has a lot of.

Everything is Meant. Douglas is too brilliant for this to be random. And it happens… so often?

I also find it very interesting that they added moments in history where Crowley is on the right side. Most particularly one where he definitely is *on* the moral right side. (‘Poverty is good actually’, really Aziraphale?)

Then there’s this scene, which, the Job flashback deserves a whole essay onto its own…

Then there’s the the fact that Crowley is always on Shax’s right, and she is always on his left.

And then there’s this!

Muriel is *always* on Crowley’s left.

It’s almost as if things aren’t as black and white as the system would want you to believe, ey, angel?

Bonus: Gabriel and Beelzebub start off their meetings on opposite sides of the table. They end sitting on the same side.

Anyhoo I love this show a VERY NORMAL AMOUNT please feel free, always, to scream at me about it.

[unashamedly-enthusiastic]

Remember to leave milk and cookies out for Neil, Terry, and Douglas tonight

[twilightcitysky]

10/23/23

[essefryu]

To people panicking about Douglas Mackinnon's departure from Good Omens:

Try to relax. Inhale, exhale.

Does it mean that s3 is cancelled? No, it doesn't. Shows switching directors between (or even during) seasons is a pretty common thing. Sure, whoever steps in might have a somewhat different approach. It would be kinda sad if they end up doing a worse job than Douglas, but remember that Neil is still there to make sure things don't go too wrong. Also, while Douglas undoubtedly did great at the first two seasons, who said the new director is gonna be worse?

And even if for some reason every director on Earth turns out to be unavailable to work on s3, or Amazon decides to be silly and not approve it, Neil had already said previously that he will release s3 as a book in case it can't be done as a show. He also said that he already has the ending written in case something happens to him personally, so we are pretty much doomed to know how the story ends. Agnes Nutter would be proud.

This franchise survived Terry Pratchett's death, for someone's sake. It can survive switching a director. A healthy level of concern regarding the direction it takes is understandable, but I really don't think Armageddon is upon us for real this time.

[theautistichag]

Posted literally within the hour by Douglas Mackinnon. Hmm......

[shaggydogstail]

Right, so considering that

1. There’s never been any official word on why Douglas Mackinnon suddenly left Good Omens and Anansi Boys, but current speculation that it was due to SA allegations against Neil Gaiman and

2. Neil Gaiman is currently engaged in some sort of weird "you can't fire me I quit" pr brinkmanship over the fate of Good Omens S3 and

3. Douglas Mackinnon just posted this on twitter with no explanation

I have literally never wanted to hear a man speak more. Douglas, spill. TELL US YOUR TRUTH!

ETA: I got very carried away. It was about Brexit:

https://x.com/drmuig/status/1835608346994327814

[davidtennantgenderenvy]

Beginning to think Douglas MacKinnon was the canary in a coal mine

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

👀 Douglas interacting with GO stuff again (he hadn't been for some time) - does not have to mean anything, but... :) <3

edit:

[microclown]

[shoemakerobstetrician]

Good morning Good Omens fandom, what’s in flames today (other than David Tennant).

[kajaono]

Guys, Douglas Mackinnon does NOT mean GO3 is cancelled

1. Neil confirmed that a script is commissioned and he is working on it right now

2. if GO would be cancelled he wouldn’t just delete his bio and then his whole Instagram. He would rather do the opposite

3. Him and Neil using nearly the same explanation means it is something personal

4. him leaving doesn’t put the show in any danger. Directors leaving is a normal thing to happen

5. it of course can change the tone of the show. But good thing is that season 3 is mostly set already. Jesus2.0, Zombies, Supreme Arc Angel Aziraphale, Cottage

The show is in no danger

[ingravinoveritas]

Update/follow up to this post: It looks like Neil responded to the Douglas situation on Bluesky...

I'm not sure I entirely trust this reply, as his tone here seems as curt as Douglas's was on Instagram. Also because "moving onto other projects" doesn't normally involve the extra steps of unfollowing someone and removing mentions of the show from your bio and deactiving your Twitter.

So I stand by my assertion that this feels like something personal has occurred, though I don't think we will ever know what, specifically (and it is still for Neil and Douglas to resolve between them, if they want to). Sad days indeed....

[literatemisfit]

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