Earlier this year we learned that Sam Raimi was in talks to direct the Poltergeist remake that has been in development for quite a long time. The news came from MGM CEO Roger Birnbaum, but at the time nothing was set in stone and it was far from a done deal.
The news of Raimi directing the movie is back in the news. In a recent article at THR screenwriter David Lindsay-Abaire, who has been working on the script for the film, mentioned to them that Raimi was attached to direct it,
His next project is equally unconventional: He’s penning the script for a remake of Poltergeist, to be directed by Sam Raimi, who he reveals was originally supposed to direct the big-screen adaptation of his Pulitzer Prize-winning play Rabbit Hole before a scheduling conflict got in the way. (John Cameron Mitchell wound up getting the job.)
The author of the THR piece didn't seem to make a big deal about it in the piece so he took to twitter to clarify what he wrote saying,
Lindsay-Abaire told me that Raimi was directing it. I had never heard of the possibility before that.
Well, there was a possibility earlier this year when the director was in talks to direct it. There was no mention of the director still being in talks, it was just a flat out statement saying that Raimi is going to direct it. If this is true it could be amazing! I'm a huge fan of Raimi's horror films, and if anyone is going to remake Poltergeist right, it would be Raimi. The original film is simply terrifying, it's one of my favorite horror movies of all time, and it would be fun to see Raimi's take on it. Hopefully we get some solid confirmation of this news soon.
What do you think about the possibility of Raimi directing Poltergiest?