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Good Omens Is Heaven For Autistic People – An In-Depth Look
It seems clear that Aziraphale’s journey of embracing himself has only just begun. In a way, Heaven acts as the metaphor for an unwelcoming neurotypical society more than humanity does in the world of Good Omens. Aziraphale is essentially learning to unmask by disconnecting himself from the angels and the rules that have kept him from…
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Kirby Howell-Baptiste returns to the Sandman Universe this April: Dead Boy Detectives trailer analysis
In the Netflix trailer, Charles explains that Edwin “spent a bunch of decades in Hell”, and later Edwin insists that he is “not going back”. His experience is likely the main reason why he is running from Death, along with the fact that he would lose his life on Earth with Charles if he returned. There…
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The Sandman Season 2: An In-Depth Look at the six new episode titles, and what they could mean for the series
This could indicate that A Midsummer Night’s Dream is featured within the main storyline as a flashback and/or a cold open, hence why the episode title references it but the actual issue name is not used. Taking a more literal approach, this quote specifically does seem to reference the events of Season of Mists: Dream is…
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Enter the world of VFX with Coordinator Livvy Edwards – swirlywords interview
Anansi Boys utilised the Volume as part of some big fantastical sequences, and one of our spotting sessions involved trying to determine if we needed to actually replace the Volume background across about a hundred or so shots. Our showrunner at the time was the wonderful Douglas Mackinnon, someone who I’ve looked up to as a director…
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How Rich Keeble filmed Good Omens 2 and BBC Ghosts at the same time – swirlywords interview
“I was asked at the last minute to read the stage directions at the tableread on Zoom, and Douglas [Mackinnon] the director called me up to discuss pronunciations of the character names etc. A couple of hours later I was on a Zoom call with the whole team – I asked my agent to try and…
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Good Omens 3 is officially happening – An In-Depth Look at the initial information and fan theories
I think there is a good chance we will see Crowley believing that Aziraphale will return to him with his tail between his legs once he figures out that he cannot change Heaven. Therefore, Crowley will reflect the rejection he feels and his confidence in Heaven being unfixable by cutting all contact with Aziraphale, likely thinking…
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Jill Winternitz on The Sandman, Good Omens and falling in love with Scotland – swirlywords interview
“I felt so fortunate to have the chance to play such a fleshed-out arc. I remember shooting that 911 phone call scene quite late at night in a car park and working with director Louise Hooper who I adore. It was both very emotional and creatively satisfying to go on that journey. For someone like The…
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Netflix’s ‘The Sandman’ resumes filming on original comic’s 35th birthday
“This week we officially restart production on the next sequence of stories of The Sandman for Netflix. Genius showrunner Allan Heinberg and the countless people in front of and behind the camera are building something endlessly special, and bringing these stories to life in a way that would once have been unimaginable. A journey is beginning…
Current status of The Sandman on Netflix – Renewed for more episodes! Production has now resumed after being halted by the SAG-AFTRA strikes in mid-2023. Early information suggests that the seventh volume ‘Brief Lives’ will be adapted alongside ‘Season of Mists’.
Current status of The Sandman on Audible – Act III recently became a New York Times Bestseller! It also won a Webby Award. Audible is making a fourth instalment which will likely cover The Kindly Ones and The Wake, releasing in early 2024. Act V is also on the way!
Current status of Good Omens on Prime Video – The second series premiered July 28th 2023. On December 14th, Prime Video announced that the series had been renewed for a third and final season! Wahoo! It is expected to begin filming in Scotland in late 2024.
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