20th Century Studios has released, online, the first official image of The First Omen (USA - 2024), the prequel to the horror classic about the Antichrist The Omen (aka The Omen) directed by Richard Donner in 1976.
Directed by Arkasha Stevenson (Legion), here in her first feature film, The First Omen will debut in U.S. theaters on April 5, 2024.
Plot: A young American woman is sent to Rome to serve the church. Once there, the nun will encounter evil that will cause her to question her own faith when she discovers that a terrifying conspiracy hopes for the birth of the Antichrist.
The cast includes Bill Nighy (Underworld), Ralph Ineson (The Witch), Sonia Braga (Kiss of the Spider Woman), Nell Tiger Free (Servant), Andrea Arcangeli (Like Sheep Among Wolves), Anton Alexander, Mia McGovern Zaini and Maria Caballero.
The story of The First Omen is by Ben Jacoby (Bleed) while the screenplay is by Tim Smith, Arkasha Stevenson and Keith Thomas (Firestarter).
Instead, the producers are David S. Goyer (Hellraiser) and Keith Levine (The Night House).
The Omen (1976) stars Gregory Peck as Robert Thorn, the U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain whose son is stillborn. Distraught with grief, the man allows himself to be persuaded to replace the dead infant with one born at the same time as his own but without revealing anything to his wife. Five years later, however, Greg begins to think that this child, Damien, is the Antichrist.
The Omen (1976) has had three sequels and a remake: Damien: Omen II (1978), Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981) and Omen IV: The Awakening (1991 TV movie).
The remake instead, The Omen, is from 2006.
