{"id":29019,"date":"2013-06-20T10:29:49","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T14:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=29019"},"modified":"2013-06-20T10:31:22","modified_gmt":"2013-06-20T14:31:22","slug":"poltergeist-remake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2013\/06\/20\/poltergeist-remake\/","title":{"rendered":"MGM\/Fox 2000 Greenlight POLTERGEIST Remake For Fall Start"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Poltergeist\"<\/a><\/p>\n

MGM is finally moving forward on their long in-development remake of the classic 1982 horror film Poltergeist<\/strong>, and are doing so in tandem with Fox 2000, who will be splitting the cost and distribution on the production. Gil Kenan, who was attached to the project back in March<\/a>, is now tasked with getting the project in front of cameras by the fall. Expect casting news to start rolling out shortly.<\/p>\n

Here is the complete press release –<\/p>\n

LOS ANGELES, CA (June 20, 2013) \u2013 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM), a division of MGM Holdings Inc., has partnered with Fox 2000 Pictures, a division of Twentieth Century Fox, to co-finance and distribute the film \u201cPoltergeist,\u201d it was announced today by MGM Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Gary Barber and Twentieth Century Fox Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Jim Gianopulos. Gil Kenan (\u201cMonster House\u201d) is set to direct from a screenplay by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, David Lindsay-Abaire (whose recent credits include \u201cOz: The Great and Powerful\u201d). The film is being produced by Sam Raimi (\u201cEvil Dead\u201d) and Rob Tapert (\u201cThe Posession\u201d) via Ghost House Pictures, along with Roy Lee (\u201cThe Strangers\u201d). Nathan Kahane (\u201cThe Grudge\u201d) will serve as executive producer.<\/p>\n

\u201cPoltergeist\u201d will be marketed and distributed worldwide by Twentieth Century Fox, with select international territories as well as international television distribution being handled by MGM. Fox will also handle home entertainment and domestic television. MGM and Twentieth Century Fox continue their longtime partnership as Fox also distributes MGM\u2019s home entertainment product.<\/p>\n

In a revisionist take on the classic horror film, a family struggling to make ends meet relocates to an outdated suburban home and is confronted by an angry spirit who kidnaps their youngest daughter and challenges them to band together to rescue her from the clutches of evil.<\/p>\n

\u201cPoltergeist\u201d is scheduled to begin production this Fall.<\/p>\n

MGM is currently in production with Paramount on the original film \u201cHercules,\u201d directed by Brett Ratner and starring Dwayne Johnson due for release July 25, 2014 as well as the sequel to the 2010 cult hit \u201cHot Tub Time Machine.\u201d The studio has several upcoming films slated for release including \u201cCarrie\u201d with Sony\u2019s Screen Gems due October 18, \u201cThe Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,\u201d the second film in \u201cThe Hobbit\u201d Trilogy with New Line Cinema\/Warner Bros. set for December 13 and \u201cRoboCop\u201d with Columbia Pictures scheduled for February 7, 2014.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now they just need to find a cast.<\/div>\n

[click for more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[6221,5119],"series":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-29019","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-gil-kenan","9":"tag-poltergeist"},"aioseo_notices":[],"nelio_content":{"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"efiAlt":"","efiUrl":"","followers":[],"highlights":[],"isAutoShareEnabled":false,"networkImageIds":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[],"series":[],"suggestedReferences":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29019"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=29019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}