2 more join The Omen 666

Fangoria has learned that two more has joined the cast of John Moore's remake of the 1976 classic THE OMEN, which is now aptly titled THE OMEN 666. David Thewlis (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) is set to play Keith Jennings (orginally played by David Warner) and Pete Postlethwaite (Dark Water) is will play Carl Bugenhagen (orginally played by Leo McKern).

The current cast for THE OMEN 666 also includes: Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles and Mia Farrow. This film is scheduled to be released in theaters by 20th Century Fox on June 6, 2006. John Moore ("Behind Enemy Lines", "Flight of the Phoenix") is directing this remake to the 1976 genre classic directed by Richard Donner. The script, that contemporizes the tale, is written by Dan McDermott.

The original movie told the story of the the arrival of the Antichrist in the home of an unsuspecting family. Satan's son has arrived on Earth and he's not about to let human parents get in the way. When U.S. diplomat Robert Thorn's wife Katherine's pregnancy ends in a stillbirth in a Rome hospital, he substitutes another baby, whose mother died. Little Damien thrives, but, at his fifth birthday party, his nanny mysteriously dies. Also Father Brennan expires, after warning Thorn that he has adopted Lucifer's son.