It turns out that Gaiman and the late Pratchett had discussed a possible sequel to their popular collaborative novel, and some elements from that effort, which would have been titled 668: The Neighbor of the Beast, have already been introduced. “The fact that we have Jon Hamm as the impossibly irritating angel Gabriel is something from the sequel we slid back in, [including] the relationship between heaven and hell, where we keep going back and forth between these two appalling places,” Gaiman told Variety back in 2019. Gaiman elaborated on that last teaser a bit more in a statement tied to the renewal. In Good Omens season 2, he says, “We are back in Soho, and all through time and space, solving a mystery, which starts with an angel wandering through Soho, with no memory.” Expect David Tennant and Michael Sheen to reprise their roles as a couple of celestial beings who, perhaps temporarily, have fallen off of Heaven and Hell’s radar. Pratchett’s brand of humor is in good hands with Gaiman’s writing partner for Good Omens season 2, John Finnemore. The comedy writer is known for his hilarious radio sketch comedy show, John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme, and he was the creator of the radio sitcom Cabin Pressure, which featured a pre-Sherlock Benedict Cumberbatch. Filming begins for the second season later in 2021 in Scotland.
