Please tell us we’ll be seeing more of our favourite angel and demon duo soon?! (Picture: Chris Raphael)
Warning: spoilers ahead for Good Omens season 2.
Ever since season 2 of Good Omens was released, one question has been on fans’ lips across the globe – will the show be returning for season 3?
There have been countless calls on social media urging for a renewal to happen at Amazon Prime Video, with creator Neil Gaiman even addressing the possibility directly with fans on tumblr.
Metro.co.uk recently had the chance to speak to Aziraphale himself Michael Sheen, as well as production designer Michael Ralph, to ask what their views were on the hopeful future of the series.
Throughout season two, the relationship between Aziraphale and Crowley (David Tennant) intensified beyond a level they’d ever experienced since the beginning of time, with the pair sharing a fraught kiss in the finale.
So what could it take for Good Omens to return for more episodes?
Aziraphale himself had this to say about it… (Picture: Courtesy of Prime Video)
Crowley is all of us waiting for that renewal news… (Picture: Courtesy of Prime Video)
‘That’s in the hands of the audience,’ Michael stressed. ‘If people watch it and like it, then there’ll be a season three – it’s as simple as that.
The actor continued: ‘We all hope that that will be the case, but we’ll have to wait and see and just hope that people really enjoy and appreciate what we’ve done in season two.’
Production designer Michael explained that in his experience, he can tell by watching any film or TV show ‘if it was a happy group or a sad crew’… and in this case it was certainly the former, he said.
‘It’s all about the details. It’s all about the care. It’s all about that extra bit, and I believe that there’s so much love and detail put into the show and depth and inspiration that it’s a real place,’ he shared.
‘I think that that will work again and I believe everybody that worked on it wants to do it all over again. I know I definitely do. I don’t believe it’s finished.’
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Michael acknowledged that while everything ‘runs its course’, he was once told that ‘no creative endeavour is ever complete – it’s just abandoned’ – and he believes that to be true.
Addressing the future of Good Omens, he added: ‘I don’t think this is ready to leave. I think this is ready to continue, and I know it will come to its close. So I’m looking forward to whatever develops and I will have to use Neil’s term here… and you’ll have to wait and see.’
On tumblr, author Neil – who co-wrote the Good Omens book with the late Terry Pratchett – was asked whether a third season was on the cards, considering it hasn’t officially been greenlit yet by Amazon.
‘It won’t be confirmed unless enough people watch Season 2 to make Amazon happy. And it’s strike season, which makes everything harder,’ he answered in response.
Neil assured fans he’s hopeful that season three will be on the cards (Picture: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)
‘But obviously Season 3 is all planned and plotted and, if I get to make it, will take the story and the people in it we care about to a satisfying end. If I wasn’t on strike I’d be writing it currently. Our set is still standing in a studio in Bathgate and we would all love to get back there and finish the story in the way Terry and I plotted, long ago.’
Neil added that he wouldn’t want to finish the tale mid-story, and also confirmed that there are clues to season three in the season two introduction sequence.
So with all that being said, we’re hoping – and expecting – for there to be renewal news at some point in the future.
Good Omens is available to watch on Prime Video.
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Please tell us we’ll be seeing more of our favourite angel and demon duo soon?!