Hold onto your cross as yet another film franchise from the 70’s announces a new instalment, as a trailer is revealed for The Omen prequel, THE FIRST OMEN.
When a young American woman is sent to Rome to begin a life of service to the church, she encounters a darkness that causes her to question her own faith and uncovers a terrifying conspiracy that hopes to bring about the birth of evil incarnate.
The First Omen stars Nell Tiger Free (“Servant”), Tawkeef Barhom (“Mary Magdalene”), Sonia Braga (“Kiss of the Spider Woman”), Ralph Ineson (“The Northman”), and Bill Nighy (“Living”). The film is directed by Arkasha Stevenson (“Legion”), based on characters created by David Seltzer (“The Omen”), with a story by Ben Jacoby (“Bleed”) and a screenplay by Tim Smith & Arkasha Stevenson and Keith Thomas (“Firestarter”). The producers are David S. Goyer (“Hellraiser”) and Keith Levine (“The Night House”) and the executive producers are Tim Smith, Whitney Brown (“Rosaline”), and Gracie Wheelan.
In what could be interpreted as a gender-swapped reboot, with a young girl this time bearing the satanic mark of 666, with the worry that she may birth the Anti-Christ and appearing to bring enough horror and death to the convent’s door herself, THE FIRST OMEN seems to tread a familiar path as its inspiration, if the trailer is anything to go by.
THE FIRST OMEN hits UK cinemas on 5th April 2024.
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