It has now confirmed that Sam Raimi has joined forces with MGM’s to remake of Poltergeis. He will be producer only alongide Nathan Kahane and Roy Lee.
The original film was directed by Tobe Hooper and released in 1982 with Steven Spielberg producing and told the story of a malevolent spectral force that tries to take daughter of a Californian family. It spawned two sequels, Poltergeist II: The Other Side in 1986 and Poltergeist III in 1988.
Raimi is currently in post-production on Oz the Great and Powerful. No director is currently attached to Poltergeist,
