‘Good Omens’ Team Neil Gaiman & Douglas Mackinnon Talk Scotland Production Boom: “You Don’t Have To Go To London Anymore”
Speculation is rife at present that Amazon’s billion dollarcould also be heading to Scotland after it was announced that the show will vacate its production base in New Zealand.Good Omensto shoot concurrently.
“We had to prove we could take them both to Scotland. There were bemused stares down the zoom call from Los Angeles. They went away afterwards trying to work out where Scotland was,” commented Mackinnon. “We have the cream of the crop of local talent. ‘Local’ makes it sound slightly embarrassed. I’m glad that finally we’re bringing these shows here with Neil – it feels like everyone’s ready to make them, there’s no shyness.
The showrunner also discussed working with the traditional broadcasters in comparison with the streamers. “The BBC’s pockets only go as deep as the share of the license fee for that project, these days it’s not necessarily deep enough,” he commented, recalling instances during the shooting ofseason one, which was produced by BBC Studios, when an accountant would “swing in” to set and announce a £1M-plus budget shortfall.
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