BOOM

Trending Searches

    SUPPORT
    BOOM

    Trending News

      • Fact Check 
        • Fast Check
        • Politics
        • Business
        • Entertainment
        • Social
        • Sports
        • World
      • Law
      • Explainers
      • News 
        • All News
      • Decode 
        • Impact
        • Scamcheck
        • Life
        • Voices
      • Media Buddhi 
        • Digital Buddhi
        • Senior Citizens
        • Videos
      • Web Stories
      • BOOM Research
      • BOOM Labs
      • Deepfake Tracker
      • Videos 
        • Facts Neeti
      • Home-icon
        Home
      • About Us-icon
        About Us
      • Authors-icon
        Authors
      • Team-icon
        Team
      • Careers-icon
        Careers
      • Internship-icon
        Internship
      • Contact Us-icon
        Contact Us
      • Methodology-icon
        Methodology
      • Correction Policy-icon
        Correction Policy
      • Non-Partnership Policy-icon
        Non-Partnership Policy
      • Cookie Policy-icon
        Cookie Policy
      • Grievance Redressal-icon
        Grievance Redressal
      • Republishing Guidelines-icon
        Republishing Guidelines
      • Fact Check-icon
        Fact Check
        Fast Check
        Politics
        Business
        Entertainment
        Social
        Sports
        World
      • Law-icon
        Law
      • Explainers-icon
        Explainers
      • News-icon
        News
        All News
      • Decode-icon
        Decode
        Impact
        Scamcheck
        Life
        Voices
      • Media Buddhi-icon
        Media Buddhi
        Digital Buddhi
        Senior Citizens
        Videos
      • Web Stories-icon
        Web Stories
      • BOOM Research-icon
        BOOM Research
      • BOOM Labs-icon
        BOOM Labs
      • Deepfake Tracker-icon
        Deepfake Tracker
      • Videos-icon
        Videos
        Facts Neeti
      Trending Tags
      TRENDING
      • #Operation Sindoor
      • #Pahalgam Terror Attack
      • #Narendra Modi
      • #Rahul Gandhi
      • #Waqf Amendment Bill
      • #Arvind Kejriwal
      • #Deepfake
      • #Artificial Intelligence
      • Home
      • Fact Check
      • Viral Film Poster Titled 'The...
      Fact Check

      Viral Film Poster Titled 'The Omicron Variant' Is Morphed

      The image was among a series of photoshopped posters created by a Twitter user, who edited the title "The Omicron Variant" into some posters of science-fiction films from the 1970s.

      By - Archis Chowdhury |
      Published -  3 Dec 2021 12:52 PM IST
    • Boomlive
      Viral Film Poster Titled The Omicron Variant Is Morphed

      An image has been viral on social media recently, which purportedly shows the poster of a 1963 film named "The Omicron Variant". Social media users have been sharing this poster widely, to insinuate that the film-makers had predicted the appearance of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, which was recently discovered by scientists in South Africa.

      Like its predecessor Delta, Omicron was named after letters of the Greek alphabet by the World Health Organization.

      BOOM found these posts to be highly misleading; while there does exist an Italian film from 1963 called 'Omicron', the title "The Omicron Variant" does not exist. Furthermore, we found that the poster used in the image was that of the 1974 film 'Phase IV' (also titled 'Sucesos en la cuarta fase' in Spanish)

      The image was among a series of photoshopped posters created by a Twitter user, who had edit the title "The Omicron Variant" into some posters of science-fiction films from the 1970s.

      We found the poster - showing a man and a woman stare at a bright source of light - being shared on Twitter by multiple users. A tagline on top of the poster read "The Day The Earth Was Turned Into A Cemetery".

      Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma also shared the poster with the caption, "Believe it or faint ..This film came In 1963 ..Check the tagline."


      Click here to view an archive of the above tweet.

      We also found users sharing the poster of Facebook with the same claim.

      Fact Check

      BOOM searched for the film "The Omicron Variant" with the keyword "1963" on Google. While we could not find any film with the title "The Omicron Variant", we did find an Italian science-fiction film named "Omicron" that was released that year.

      According to the plot description provided by IMDB, the film is about "a dead factory worker who comes back to life after his body becomes inhabited by an invisible alien".

      We also did a reverse image search of the poster itself. It led us to a poster of another film titled 'Phase IV' directed by Saul Bass. In this poster, we also found the tagline "The Day The Earth Turned Into A Cemetery", written in Italian.


      Looking further through the keyword search results on Twitter, we also came across a user who had shared the photo on November 28, along with some other posters, stating, "I Photoshopped the phrase "The Omicron Variant" into a bunch of 70s sci-fi movie posters."

      I Photoshopped the phrase "The Omicron Variant" into a bunch of 70s sci-fi movie posters #Omicron pic.twitter.com/1BuSL4mYwl

      — Becky Cheatle (@BeckyCheatle) November 28, 2021


      Tags

      COVID-19omicron
      Read Full Article
      Claim :   Image shows a poster of 1963 Italian film called \"The Omicron Variant\".
      Claimed By :  Ram Gopal Varma, Twitter
      Fact Check :  False
      Next Story
      Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors.
      Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker. Please reload after ad blocker is disabled.
      X

      Subscribe to BOOM Newsletters

      👉 No spam, no paywall — but verified insights.

      Please enter a Email Address
      Subscribe for free!

      Stay Ahead of Misinformation!

      Please enter a Email Address
      Subscribe Now🛡️ 100% Privacy Protected | No Spam, Just Facts
      By subscribing, you agree with the Terms & conditions and Privacy Policy connected to the offer

      Thank you for subscribing!

      You’re now part of the BOOM community.

      Or, Subscribe to receive latest news via email
      Subscribed Successfully...
      Copy HTMLHTML is copied!
      There's no data to copy!