<p class="title">Benedict Cumberbatch is joining the cast of "Good Omens" as Satan, showrunner Neil Gaiman has announced.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gaiman made the revelation during Television Critics Association winter press tour, reported Entertainment Weekly.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Amazon series also features David Tennant, Michael Sheen, Frances McDormand, Jon Hamm, Nick Offerman, Miranda Richardson and Michael McKean.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gaiman said that Cumberbatch's Prince of Darkness will be "a giant, animated Satan" who appears "400 foot high".</p>.<p class="bodytext">The "Sherlock" star will appear in episode six of the series, which debuts on May 31.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Based on the novel of the same name by Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, the show is set in 2018 on the brink of an apocalypse as humanity prepares for a final judgment.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Good Omens" is co-produced by BBC Studios with Narrativia, the production company of Pratchett's daughter Rhianna, and the Blank Corporation and in association with BBC Worldwide for Amazon Prime Video and the BBC.</p>
<p class="title">Benedict Cumberbatch is joining the cast of "Good Omens" as Satan, showrunner Neil Gaiman has announced.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gaiman made the revelation during Television Critics Association winter press tour, reported Entertainment Weekly.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Amazon series also features David Tennant, Michael Sheen, Frances McDormand, Jon Hamm, Nick Offerman, Miranda Richardson and Michael McKean.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gaiman said that Cumberbatch's Prince of Darkness will be "a giant, animated Satan" who appears "400 foot high".</p>.<p class="bodytext">The "Sherlock" star will appear in episode six of the series, which debuts on May 31.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Based on the novel of the same name by Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, the show is set in 2018 on the brink of an apocalypse as humanity prepares for a final judgment.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Good Omens" is co-produced by BBC Studios with Narrativia, the production company of Pratchett's daughter Rhianna, and the Blank Corporation and in association with BBC Worldwide for Amazon Prime Video and the BBC.</p>