Sam Raimi to produce 'Poltergeist' remake
Published Apr 28 2012, 15:48 BST | By Emma Dibdin
Sam Raimi will produce a remake of Poltergeist.According to The Hollywood Reporter the Evil Dead helmer will not direct the reboot, but will help to oversee the decision as to who does.
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Playwright and screenwriter David Lindsay-Abaire (Rabbit Hole) is writing the script, which centres on a family whose house is haunted by furniture-shifting ghosts.
The original Poltergeist was released in 1982. It was directed by Tobe Hooper and it starred Craig T Nelson, JoBeth Williams and Heather O'Rourke.
Raimi is also producing a remake of The Evil Dead, which will be directed by Fede Alvarez and released in April 2013.
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Watch a trailer for the original Poltergeist below:
Most popular movies and especially genre pics are claimed to have some sort of curse attached to them. It's very sad but any project that involves a large amount of people such as a movie production is bound to have some deaths and accidents attached to them. It's very tragic but it's just bad luck.
Even worse is that movie studios often use these tragedies to publicise their movies.
April 29th 2012 at 8:35pm
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
April 29th 2012 at 5:17pm
FFS Hollywood, get some original ideas! And if you are at all superstitious then stay away from this series of movies, I suggest you look into the history of them! Heather O'Rourke died at 12 years old making one of these movies!
April 29th 2012 at 11:21am
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April 28th 2012 at 11:48pm
hollywoods remake obsession really does irritate at times.i'm not completely against them, but its always films that are brilliant as they are and so well known.poltergeist, the evil dead, nightmare on elm street(that was appalling I might add)its often lazy film making.why come up with new ideas when we can just remake old ones.as I say I'm not totally against them.i understand ken brannagh is remaking the 1950s night of the demon and that could be interesting, but he'll be hard pressed to beat the dana andrews classic.
April 28th 2012 at 6:31pm