Re: Good Omens, the movie!
Liface, on host 192.216.196.93
Tuesday, December 7, 1999, at 16:09:34
Good Omens, the movie! posted by Spider-Boy on Tuesday, December 7, 1999, at 13:34:23:
> All I can say about the following is YAHOOO! > > > Gilliam Helming 'Omens' > Neil Gaiman is confirming recent rumors that Terry Gilliam > (Brazil) will be helming the big screen version of his book > Good Omens co-authored with Terry Pratchett. While > talking to the Sci Fi cable channel's website, Gaiman also > revealed that Gilliam will write the film's script with Tony > Grisoni (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas). Peter and > Marc Samuelson (Arlington Road) with Chuck Roven will > produce. > > When asked how involved he would be with the film, Gaiman > told the site, "Terry Pratchett and I have elected not to get > involved--we both got our fingers burned some years ago > trying to write a Good Omens movie for Sovereign Pictures, > for producers who bought Good Omens and then > immediately began trying to turn it into something else. We > decided that this time around we would give the book to > people who seemed to understand it and let them make the > film." > > To say the least, Gaiman sounds happy about the deal, > saying, "We turned down a lot of producers before the > Samuelsons came along, and they impressed us by > understanding what the book was about (and not just > understanding what happened in it and the meaning of > several of the longer words)... I think Terry Gilliam is the > perfect director for Good Omens in every way, and I've been > an enormous fan of his since Jabberwocky." > > Spider-Iknowitispopculture,butthisisreallycool-Boy
What's good Omens? I've never read the book. What is it about?
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