> 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?