In case you hadn't heard, the wildly popular 1990 humor-fantasy book Good Omens, penned by Neil Gaiman and Sir Terry Pratchett, is being adapted into a six-part series for Amazon.
And Gaiman, who's also serving as showrunner on the production, has been giving us all sorts of behind-the-scenes sneak peeks on his Twitter account. He treated us to our first look at David Tennant as the charming demon Crowley, and Michael Sheen as the bookish angel Aziraphale.
They are amazing. This is them in the opening scenes, 11 years ago, in St James's Park. David and Michael, demon &… https://t.co/9JCHiwdDH6
Pratchett passed away in 2015.
And other lovely snapshots that are sure to delight fans of the book.
In that pic I blurred out eg Anathema (@adriaarjonaa), Sister Mary Loquacious #NinaSosanya, and Hastur & Ligur (… https://t.co/RqpDJzCguj
But today Gaiman really outdid himself, and revealed the first look at a character played by none other than Jon Hamm.
I suppose you are wondering, IN THE UPCOMING GOOD OMENS TV SERIES CURRENTLY BEING FILMED WHAT DOES THE ANGEL GABRIE… https://t.co/7P2xkHmoSM
You know Jon Hamm, yes? He's that human actor who's been blessed with good looks, oodles of talent, and an impossible amount of charm.
So it only makes sense that he was cast to play the archangel Gabriel in Good Omens, right? Right.
I mean, you should not be embarrassed about this. Sometimes I think I WONDER WHAT JON HAMM LOOKS LIKE AS THE ANGEL… https://t.co/np9l2KbJwb
AND HERE HE IS in all his monochromatic, turtlenecked glory:
So for you, for me, for all of us. FOR PEOPLE NOT YET BORN. This is what Jon Hamm looks like as the Angel Gabriel i… https://t.co/g0Soaaehf9
Good Omens is set to be released in 2019, so please feel free to stare at this photo for the next two-ish years:
