John Moore Resurrects "The Omen"

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http://www.darkhorizons.com/news05/omen.jpg John Moore Resurrects "The Omen"
Posted: Wednesday July 20th, 2005 1:33am
Source: Variety (http://www.variety.com/)
Author: Garth Franklin

John Moore ("Behind Enemy Lines (http://www.darkhorizons.com/news05/050720b.php#)", "Flight of the Phoenix") has been set by 20th Century (http://www.darkhorizons.com/news05/050720b.php#) Fox (http://www.darkhorizons.com/news05/050720b.php#) to helm a remake of the 1976 horror classic "The Omen" about the arrival of the Antichrist in the home of an unsuspecting family says Variety (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117926220?categoryId=13).

Richard Donner (http://www.darkhorizons.com/news05/050720b.php#) directed the original, which starred Gregory Peck as an ambassador whose dark secret --allowing a baby to be substituted for the one his wife (Lee Remick) lost in childbirth -- comes back to haunt him when the hellish prodigal son begins to hit his evil stride.

Dan McDermott is writing a script that contemporizes the tale. Project is on a fast track, as the studio has set a tentative October 3rd start date.

Thanks to 'Wilcox'.