Where have we heard this before: MGM is moving forward with its planned remake of of the 1982 horror classic Poltergeist , this time with Sam Raimi co-producing and his Oz: The Great and Powerful screenwriter David Lindsay-Abaire contributing the latest script. Some wailing and gnashing has ensued around the Web, but let’s just calm down — we’re only a year and a half behind the scheduled release date of the previous remake they threatened. Sounds like a high priority! The beleaguered studio has long included Poltergeist among its list of post-bankruptcy remake prospects , with director Vadim Perelman ( House of Sand and Fog ) previously attached to direct a do-over written by Juliet Snowden and Stiles White ( Knowing ). That version surfaced almost four years ago . Meanwhile, according to THR , the latest would have Raimi producing (but not directing) alongside Nathan Kahane, Roy Lee and Robert Tapert. And that’s… it . That is literally all the information anyone has about an unwanted remake taxiing down the MGM runway behind such sluggish studio jets as RoboCop and Carrie . So let me just say it again: Relax! Plugging Raimi’s name into a project these days virtually ensures at least a few years of development hell, and the infamously accursed Poltergeist production legend should take care of scuttling the rest. Go back to dreading Short Circuit , already. [ THR ]
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Sam Raimi to Produce Poltergeist Remake That Will Probably Never Get Made
