The Omen is Cursed
Filed under: Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Tech Stuff, 20th Century Fox, Movie Marketing, Remakes and Sequels
The remake of The Omen comes out next week (on 6-6-06, of course), and there's a chance that it will come to your theater with a curse attached to it. John Moore, who directed the new version, spoke to Sci-Fi Wire about mysterious problems he encountered during the making of the film. These problems include ruined footage, difficulty with equipment and, here's the kicker, a computer that kept having a system "error 666" (wouldn't you know, the software is supposed to have no such error?), and Moore thinks that these problems were the result of the same misfortune that affected the first film.
Richard Donner's original was reportedly plagued by a curse, which brought about lightning, mad dogs, a bombing, a car accident, a plane crash and a beheading. I guess the curse got weaker after 30 years. Or maybe the curse couldn't be bothered with a movie that probably won't be as good? Who knows? My guess is that Fox just isn't creative enough to successfully sell the curse angle for marketing purposes and so they gave up on the idea (after messing up the production on purpose, perhaps).
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
6-02-2006 @ 11:08AM
Elrond Hobbert said...
Oh come on! Lamest grab at "controversy" ever...
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6-02-2006 @ 12:03PM
remake will suck said...
Biggest marketing scam i have seen in quite some time.
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6-02-2006 @ 12:18PM
RC of strangeculture said...
Sounds like Blair Witch...just unsuccessful.
--RC of strangeculture.blogspot.com
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6-02-2006 @ 1:50PM
Cath said...
Perhaps they should have boned up on their gematria first.
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6-02-2006 @ 1:56PM
josh said...
I actually commented to my girlfriend when we saw this trailer that the Omen is a perfect movie to remake, because the original is not that great, yet it's very well known. The best remakes seem to come from films like that. I think as long as they have some fun with it, it could be good, and the casting of Mia Farrow seems to imply that maybe they are willing to play around a bit.
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6-02-2006 @ 1:57PM
Christopher Campbell said...
What does that mean, Cath? Enlighten me, as I'm unfamiliar with gematria, myself.
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6-03-2006 @ 8:16AM
NYCinephile said...
Josh's comment got me thinking...it's interesting how certain members of this current generation of actors are replaying roles originated by their elders.
Schreiber seems to be taking on the mantle of "quietly charismatic leading man"...Laurence Harvey's role in "Manchurian Candidate" and, now, Gregory Peck's in "Omen".
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