Omen Remake

[Shabadashawama]

They are doing a remake of The Omen which will be called The Omen 666 which is a direct remake of the original which is about the arrival of the Antichrist in the home of an unsuspecting family. John Moore will be directing the remake of The Omen and Dan McDermott is apparently updating the script to be set in the modern-day. It is set to start filming in October for release next year!

 

[sexychick756]

Why bother?

 

[guessgizmo]

Excellent! We were discussing this the other night as the Omen II was on TV.

 

[The Sex Fist]

I predict it's gonna be crap, it won't be a shade on the old films at all. I wish they'd just leave well alone.

 

[yoshi4lyfe]

It will get banned anyway by the pussy brigade and the Pope! Cos it is evil! (and the pope is not?)

 

[hottie_loveableqt]

Considering what a flop Revelations was, this isn't a good idea.
In any case the music made a big contribution to the scare factor so unless they can re-use it or cover it, it's a non-starter.

 

[Vienna]

Agreed. They are reaching new levels of innovation in American film, aren't they? They've worked out they are crap at remaking the japanese films, so now they are remaking their own.

 

[rockergirlz45]

Empire seem to think that the remake of The Owen wont be released untill Halloween next year!

 

[pooda94]

The Owen? Is that a footballing bio-pic?

 

[rachel.davis225]

Yeah sorry for my mistyping but that does seem a long time untill it is released!

 

[sweetrelease82]

Well they haven't started it yet - rushing could only make a bad idea worse. Omen 666 sounRAB like the title of a film that is meant to come out in 2006 anyway. It's good for marketing as is the Halloween launch date. Would be interesting if the Evil Dead remake went up against it.

 

[Aмїиa x3]

I predict it will be cheap and sensationalist, and not a patch on the original. Just like most horror movies nowadays.

 

[sport fan1]

What an utter waste of time. The original cannot be improved upon (in my opinion) so why bother even trying? His re-make of TFOTP was utter dross compared to the original.

This also confirms that Hollywood has finally run out of original ideas for movies.

What next - a live action re-make of Toy Story starring Bruce Willis? Brief Encounter with Angelina Jolie shagging the brains out of both the original story and some B-list male actor?

Piffle

 

[angeleyes33_1970]

i dont see the point in doing remakes.......especially when the original was so good and chances are the remake will be awful

 

[Ebony(anywhoo?)]

I think we're all agreed, The Omen is not looking good!

 

[Persephone]

Not sure if it's a total co-incendence but the shot-for-shot remake of psycho is on bbc1 tonight.

Original: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054215/
Remake: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0155975/

 

[Kristah]

I don't really think it's necessary to re-do The Omen.

Mind you, horror remakes are not always bad. I saw the Japanese version of The Grudge on Film Four the other night and I didn't think it was as good as the remake, but maybe that's because I'd seen the new version and I knew more or less what to expect.

Still really creepy, though, especially the little boy, Toshio.

 

[Just Believe]

The Omen remake seems to be going ahead as it is being reported that Liev Schreiber and Julia Stiles are going to be cast in the roles played by Gregory Peck and Lee Remick in the original!
The release date for The Omen remake is going to be 06/06/06 which is no surprise at all!

 

[cindy-lu-who]

Shouldn't it be Omen 616?

 

[Summer is almost here = )]

The 6/6/6 release date is just so cheesy, as cringeworthy as the thought of a remake. Heard about this ages ago, have been dreading it ever since.