‘The Omen’ Prequel Is In The Works For Some Reason
By Jacob Hall/April 28, 2016 1:30 pm EST
The Hollywood Reporter has the details, even though there aren’t that many quite yet. Ben Jacoby wrote the screenplay, Goyer will producer through is Phantom Four banner, and Campos will follow up a string of well-regarded indies by exploring…well, whatever a prequel to The Omen needs to explore.
That’s where we can all start collectively scratching our heads. What actually happens in the time before the events of The Omen and why are they interesting? After all, the original film is already very much an origin story, exploring how an American diplomat adopts an orphaned baby after his own child dies, only to learn too late his new son is literally the antichrist. The plot of The Omen is so cut and dried, so free of unanswered questions, that I can’t even begin to speculate about what the plot of a prequel would be. However, the screenplay did grab the attention of the filmmaker behind films like Christine, Afterschool, and Simon Killer, so there has to be something worthy going on here.
So while I remain skeptical about this film on a purely conceptual level, I’m also intrigued by what Campos can do with a mainstream horror movie and the backing of a studio. Let’s wait and see what happens here.
