Glen Mazzara spent some quality time with zombies, so working on the set of a show centered around the Antichrist won't be too much of a shock for the former showrunner of The Walking Dead (during seasons two and three). Mazzara is returning to television with Damien, a show he's developing for Lifetime that follows up on the events of 1976's horror classic The Omen, in which adoptive parents discover their young son is the Antichrist.
THR reports that, in addition to executive producing Damien, Mazzara will also write the script. This is the first project Mazzara has taken on under a deal with Fox Television Studios that he signed last March, in which he agreed to create multiple cable projects for Fox Television Studios under his new banner, 44 Strong Productions:
"Titled Damien, the drama centers on the film's young boy Damien Thorn. Now an adult and haunted by his past, Damien is faced with a series of macabre events and must finally face his true destiny: he is the Antichrist."
As previously reported, Mazzara is also dipping his toes into another iconic horror pool, as he's writing the script for a feature film called Overlook Hotel, which will serve as a prequel to Stephen King's The Shining. We'll keep Daily Dead readers posted on casting and release details for Damien as they develop.
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