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Neil Gaiman has reportedly offered to step down from his showrunner role on Good Omens following news that the series’ third and final season is in jeopardy amid the sexual assault allegations against the author.
Amazon Prime Video renewed Good Omens for its third and final season last year following the arrival of Season Two in July 2023. However, since then, at least five women have come forward with accusations against Gaiman, including allegations of “rough and degrading sex” and coercion.
Deadline first reported that, following news of the allegations, pre-production on Good Omens’ third season — where Gaiman served as showrunner, producer, and writer — had “paused.” On Wednesday, the site added that Gaiman offered to step away from his roles in hopes of reviving the third season, and that Prime Video was weighing the decision. Neither Gaiman or Prime Video responded to Deadline’s requests for comment.
Douglas MacKinnon, who was the director and co-showrunner of Good Omens’ first two seasons, previously departed the series following Season Two.
Good Omens‘ suspended pre-production follows the news earlier this week that Disney+ similarly paused their plans to adapt Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book into a feature film, which had been in the works since 2022.
In July, Gaiman denied sexual assault allegations made against him by two women with whom he had relationships with at the time, according toTortoise Media. The allegations were made during Tortoise’s four-part podcastMaster: The Allegations Against Neil Gaiman. In it, the women allege “rough and degrading sex” with the author, which the women claim was not always consensual.
Last month, three more womencame forwardwith allegations of sexual assault and abuse against Gaiman. Tortoise Media released a fifth episode of their podcast that detailed two more women’s accusations, one of whom allegedly signed a nondisclosure agreement following her experience with Gaiman. A third woman, using the pseudonym Claire, spoke out about her experience with Gaiman on a separate podcast, accusing the author of sexual misconduct.
Following Tortoise Media’s initial four-episode podcast, Gaimandeniedall the allegations against him and added he was “disturbed” by the accusations.
