David Seltzer News

August 12, 2008
J.J. Abrams Shakes Things Up
J.J. Abrams is teaming up with Omen screenwriter David Seltzer to produce "a disaster flick for Universal involving an earthquake." At the moment, Abrams does not plan to direct. More...

May 22, 2006
An Evil Trio of "Omen" Clips
Breathlessly looking forward to June 6th so you can finally get a glimpse of the all-new Damien and his devilish ways? Then head on over to IGN FilmForce and get a gander at three new movie clips from John Moore's remake. More...

July 20, 2005
Fox Wants Moore for Their "Omen" Remake
Fox has hired director John Moore to helm "The Omen 666," a remake of the 1976 Richard Donner hit about a demonic little kid and the people near him who keep dying. More...

April 12, 2005
Two New "Strangers" to Meet On DreamWorks' "Train"
Variety lets us know that DreamWorks is currently mounting a new interpretation of Patricia Highsmith's novel "Strangers on a Train." Originally turned into a classic 1951 thriller by Alfred Hitchcock, the new "Strangers" is about "a psychiatrist who murders an exec's clingy mistress and wants him to return the favor by killing the shrink's sister." First-time (yet award-winning) director Noam Murro has been hired to direct the adaptation, and he'll be working on the screenplay by David Seltzer ("The Omen") and Rand Ravich ("The Astronaut's Wife"). More...