In an Actual Sign of the Apocalypse, Lifetime Is Doing a Reboot of The Omen
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Oh yeah, and it stars King Arthur from TV’s Merlin, Bradley James, as Damien Thorn. Based on the Deadline report, the thrust of it seems to be similar to The Last Temptation of Christ, or non-literal interpretations of the Gospel of Mark, with Damien not knowing he’s the son of Satan until adulthood.
Now, I’m no purist defender of Lifetime, a network that has never held much interest for me – but seeing a male-centric, R-rated horror franchise take root there is one of those things you just don’t think you’ll ever see. It’s like if the Food Network did a Jaws reboot or something.
On the other hand, maybe this is just Satan openly admitting he created Lifetime, owns it, and is now blatantly using it for his own personal propaganda purposes by casting a hunky guy as his son.
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