Sorry, Good Omens fans, but this isn’t the Neil Gaiman-adjacent news you were waiting for. While devotees of the Prime Video series wait and wait for an update on that “finale special” that replaced season three, the series’ controversial co-creator has emerged for a fresh denial of the sexual misconduct allegations against him.
In addition to forcing Good Omens to recalibrate its final season, those allegations also led to what sure felt like the cancellation of Netflix’s The Sandman, depending on who you ask, among other suspended projects.
Variety calls attention to a new statement from the author, which is very defensive but also couches a sly reveal of a new book he calls “the biggest thing I’ve done since American Gods.” Presumably he’s had a lot of time for writing since he hasn’t been in the TV sphere for a few years now.
Going by this newest communication, he hasn’t wavered one bit on maintaining his innocence, despite the accusations made by a former babysitter and other women, investigated in a New York Magazine Vulture article as well as a seven-episode Tortoise Media podcast series. Prior to Monday, his most recent address on the subject came on January 14, 2025, in a blog post entitled “Breaking the Silence.”
The February 2 Gaiman statement is titled “Thank You,” and you can read the whole piece on his online journal.
“It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything anywhere, but I didn’t want to let any more time go by without thanking everyone for all your kind messages of support over the last year and a half,” it begins. “I’ve learned firsthand how effective a smear campaign can be, so to be clear: The allegations against me are completely and simply untrue. There are emails, text messages and video evidence that flatly contradict them. These allegations, especially the really salacious ones, have been spread and amplified by people who seemed a lot more interested in outrage and getting clicks on headlines rather than whether things had actually happened or not. (They didn’t.)”
He goes on to write that he thought “the truth would, eventually, come out,” citing a pro-Gaiman Substack author who has defended him. Then comes the book news:
“It’s been a strange, turbulent and occasionally nightmarish year and a half, but I took my own advice (when things get tough, make good art) and once I was done with making television I went back to doing something else I love even more: writing. I thought it was going to be a fairly short project when I began it, but it’s looking like it’s going to be the biggest thing I’ve done since American Gods.”
Whether or not folks will embrace a new novel from Gaiman remains to be seen. For now, most everything he was involved with in the adaptation sphere has either ended or been cancelled. That includes the Netflix series The Sandman and Dead Boy Detectives, Disney’s The Graveyard Book, the stage play Coraline – The Musical, and Gaiman’s work with Dark Horse Comics. There are also two in-flux projects: the previously mentioned Good Omens send-off and a Prime Video series based on Anansi Boys.
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