Sarsgaard and Farmiga adopt an ORPHAN

Looks like we are to be treated to another film dealing with THE OMEN formula.

Last year we literally had a remake of THE OMEN with Liev Schreiber and Julia Stiles which despite awful reviews took home over $100 million worldwide. This year we had JOSHUA, a movie about a newborn ‘evil’ son starring Sam Rockwell and Vera Farmiga which looked like it borrowed heavily from THE OMEN but was such a pathetic film it couldn’t secure a wide release.

Now Variety say another OMEN rip-off is in the works, with Vera Farmiga again on board to star, this time alongside Peter Sarsgaard.

The movie is titled ORPHAN and it’s been setup by Joel Silver at Dark Castle Entertainment, with the director behind the 2005 remake of HOUSE OF WAX on board to helm.  The story revolves around a husband and wife who lose a baby and then adopt a 9-year-old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she claims to be.

David Lee Johnson has wrote the script. According to IMDB, he has no writing background in film and has only worked in assistant jobs on various film projects such as Frank Darabont’s THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION and THE GREEN MILE.

Shooting begins next week in Montreal and there’s nothing about the past record of anyone involved in this movie to suggest it’s going to be any good. HOUSE OF WAX was awful, Farmiga’s JOSHUA looked equally pathetic and Joel Silver is known for giving the go-ahead to some drivel.

One to avoid me thinks.

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