Instead of another bone-chilling big screen version of the child anti-Christ, Glen Mazzara wants to bring the iconic Damien to television.
According to Variety, Lifetime will be turning the classic horror film into a series, instead of making a movie reboot of it. The former 'Walking Dead' showrunner has been tapped to lead the production.
Lifetime has made a deal with Fox Television Studios to air six episodes of the reboot, entitled 'Damien' as early as next year.
Mazzara will be developing the concept for a six-episode series alongside Ross Fineman and Pancho Mansfield. Mazzara will also be writing the script for the show.
"Glen Mazzara has re-imagined him as a dark, romantic, anti-hero and this fresh take blends complex characters with premium storytelling to make something truly original," Variety reports Lifetime executive Vice President and G.M. as saying.
To gain a fresher take on the series, Mazzara will be situating the story during Damien's adulthood as he deals with the experiences and knowledge that comes with being the anti-Christ.
The Omen was originally a film in 1976, starring Harvey Stephen as the iconic Damien Thorn, Patrick Troughton as Father Brennan and Gregory Peck and Lee Remick as Damien's parents. It was followed up with three sequels.
A remake was created in 2006 with Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick as Damien and Julia Styles as his mother, Katherine, and Liev Schreiber as his father, Robert.
According to Den Of Geek, 'The Omen' series, which will be called 'Damien,' won't be the only film-to-series project TV enthusiasts will look forward to in the next couple of years.
HBO recently announced its intent to do a TV adaptation for 'Shutter Island.' 'Westworld,' 'Scream,' 'Minority Report,' and 'The Devil's Advocate' are all slated for TV remakes as well.
Fox' senior vice president for programming, Nancy Cotton, called the film-to-series endeavor a "jewel in the crown of the Fox features library."
A TV remake of the another classic thriller, 'Psycho,' 'Bates Mote,l' which is going on its third season, has already received acclaim and success. Will 'The Omen' series, 'Damien,' be as compelling and intriguing as 'Bates Motel'?
