Journey with us again to 2016. A time when twentieth Century Fox nonetheless had the “Fox” bit in its title and wasn’t the Disney-owned twentieth Century Studios. It was then that the information got here of David Goyer seeking to produce a prequel to 1976 horror basic The Omen. Issues have been principally quiet since then, however we now know that Servant‘s Nell Tiger Free will star in what remains to be referred to as First Omen.

Not a lot is thought in regards to the story for this one, save that it is going to be set earlier than the occasions of Richard Donner’s movie, which starred Gregory Peck, Lee Remick and Harvey Stephens, and adopted an American ambassador who begins to consider his 5-year-old son is the Antichrist. The movie spawned two sequels and was remade in 2006 by John Moore.

There was a change behind the scenes for this one – Goyer and his Phantom 4 firm are nonetheless concerned, however first selection director Antonio Campos has departed, with Arkasha Stevenson able to make her directing debut on the film, and is engaged on a brand new draft of the script with collaborator Tim Smith.