Hollywood continues to mine their IP for franchises to retool and 20th Century Studios has called upon the Antichrist once again with plans for The First Omen, an official prequel to their The Omen franchise.
“Legion” and “Brand New Cherry Flavor” episodic director Arkasha Stevenson will be making her feature directorial debut, reports Deadline. She also helmed every single episode of Syfy’s “Channel Zero: Butcher’s Block”.
Stevenson will also handle the rewrite, alongside writing partner Tim Smith. Smith is set to executive produce with Phantom Four producing.
The original 1976 classic, which starred Gregory Peck, Lee Remick and Harvey Stephens, followed an American ambassador who believes his five-year-old son is the Antichrist.
The pic spawned two sequels, 1978’s Damien: Omen II and 1981’s The Final Conflict, as well as the 2006 reboot, not to mention other follow-ups on the small screen.
This prequel has been in development for years. Back in 2016, Antonio Campos (Christine) was in negotiations to direct the prequel to the 1976 horror classic, with David Goyer and Phantom Four on board to produce then, too. At some point, writers Chad and Carey Hayes (The Conjuring, The Conjuring 2) were also brought on board to develop. Their idea was to explore how the son of the Devil came into our world as a creepy little human boy.
It’s unclear if Smith and Stevenson are working from scratch as there are no story details as of this writing.
“Look at me, Damien. It’s all for you!”
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