Sam Rockwell In Talks To Star In POLTERGEIST Remake

Sam Rockwell In Talks To Star In POLTERGEIST Remake

They're heeeeeeeere! According to The Wrap the star of the likes of Iron Man 2 and Moon is in early negotiations to take the male lead in the Sam Raimi produced remake of the classic horror flick, Poltergeist. Read on for more..

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By MarkCassidy - Aug 05, 2013 03:08 PM EST
Filed Under: Horror
Source: The Wrap



The Wrap report that the awesome Sam Rockwell is in talks to star as the head of the Bowen family, alongside Rosemarie DeWitt who would play his wife, in MGM and Fox 2000's remake of Tobe Hooper's Poltergeist. Apparently Rockwell is the studio's "top choice" for the role but is currently weighing several offers and hasn't decided to sign on yet -- but he is said to be "intrigued by the prospect of a lead role in a studio movie produced by horror maestro Sam Raimi." The original film scared the bejesus out of an entire generation of movie-goers, and although parts of it have dated now it's still a very effective little horror flick. Monster House director Gil Kenan will helm the remake from a script by OZ: The Great And Powerful scribe David Lindsay-Abaire.


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SomTingWong
SomTingWong - 8/5/2013, 3:18 PM
First! I don't know what this filmis so when somebody tells me I'll make my official comment
TheOneAboveAll
TheOneAboveAll - 8/5/2013, 3:18 PM
Nice catch Ror. Needs a Rockwell pic though


I was thinking one from Iron Giant but nvm
SomTingWong
SomTingWong - 8/5/2013, 3:18 PM
*film is
marvel72
marvel72 - 8/5/2013, 3:19 PM
i f*ckin love the original.
TheOneAboveAll
TheOneAboveAll - 8/5/2013, 3:20 PM
The time has come for the Rockwell Dance gif party!
BANEofExistence
BANEofExistence - 8/5/2013, 3:27 PM
Sam Rockwell is an awesome actor and Im totally down for this! His talent was wasted in Iron Man 2
WaffeX
WaffeX - 8/5/2013, 3:31 PM
He was great in Moon.
MegatronLP9
MegatronLP9 - 8/5/2013, 3:44 PM
Great the who directed MONSTER HOUSE... Yeah thats gonna be scary!....
IM53
IM53 - 8/5/2013, 3:46 PM
I love the original y touch it I don't give a [frick] photo: I don\'t give a [frick]! dgaf8yh.jpg


I dig Rockwell but no please
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 8/5/2013, 3:56 PM
Totally off topic, has anyone seen the X-Men: Days of Future Past footage shown at the Fantasia Festival yet? Or has it even leaked yet? It's supposed to be shown today or possibly tonight?
SomTingWong
SomTingWong - 8/5/2013, 4:01 PM
I never cared to watch horror. Even then.
Blackvoid
Blackvoid - 8/5/2013, 4:01 PM
comicbookmovie.com + Poltergeist /not a cbm = what are you doing?
bagadoosh
bagadoosh - 8/5/2013, 4:01 PM
shit movie
bagadoosh
bagadoosh - 8/5/2013, 4:06 PM
Floke
Floke - 8/5/2013, 4:07 PM
TheOneAboveAll: They seem to be trained in the art of dance by the master:



And Poltergeist reboot? But.. why? So when are they gonna reboot E.T. or The Goonies??
bagadoosh
bagadoosh - 8/5/2013, 4:09 PM
If they reboot the goonies violence will ensue
IM53
IM53 - 8/5/2013, 4:13 PM
Still freaky Poltergeist photo: poltergeist poltergeist.jpg
LucasMend
LucasMend - 8/5/2013, 4:19 PM
THEY'RE REMAKING POLTERGEIST? hollywood stop it, what's next: the godfather?
mgeoff88
mgeoff88 - 8/5/2013, 4:20 PM
Enough with the remakes already. I heard recently they're are also remaking Weird Science smfh.

2:00 mark --


@Floke Oh, hell no! Hollywood needs to stay from The Goonies.
nordberg
nordberg - 8/5/2013, 4:51 PM
I love Sam Rockwell but remaking this movie with this director and a script from the guy who wrote OZ:TGAP? I know nothing about Monster House but OZ was a steaming pile of flying monkey sh*t.
BackwardGalaxy
BackwardGalaxy - 8/5/2013, 5:01 PM
Bring back HAMMER!
13echo
13echo - 8/5/2013, 5:45 PM
Be carefully I hear that movie is cursed.
theKamizeus
theKamizeus - 8/5/2013, 5:56 PM
Some things are just not meant to be touched. I think whoever is going to play Carol has some really huge shoes to fill. Pretty sad how that little girl passed away at such a young age.
superbatspiderman
superbatspiderman - 8/5/2013, 6:03 PM
I actually think a Poltergeist remake could be really good. As much of a classic the original is I think it is kind of campy to today's standards. Just don't [frick] it up.
Blackmatter
Blackmatter - 8/5/2013, 6:39 PM
christ! not again.

cuz 80's remakes have worked soo well in the past.

leave it the fu ck alone.
Shadowelfz
Shadowelfz - 8/5/2013, 6:58 PM
Meh. Still I think Rockwell would be a perfect Joker.
ElBicho
ElBicho - 8/5/2013, 7:09 PM
When did the Poltergeist comic book come out?
davidcub
davidcub - 8/5/2013, 9:07 PM
Awww jeeze. There is no way they could ever capture the essence of the original...it is such a great film.
TheDpool
TheDpool - 8/5/2013, 10:13 PM
Haha white people be scared when their daughter gets trapped in the tv but you know if that was black folks they'd all be "Hey girl you see LaToya on channel nine!!!"
KrazyForKomix
KrazyForKomix - 8/6/2013, 6:50 AM
Why?

What I mean is, why is Rami dickin' around? I wanna see his remake of The Graduate. That under-the-leg shot was framed all wrong. He could do MUCH better.
And who told William Friedkin that Max von Sydow could act? Rami needs to do a reboot and fix that shtuff!
RJ4651
RJ4651 - 8/6/2013, 8:58 AM
No way in hell will this movie even come close to the original. Rockwell is a good actor, but there's no need to remake this movie. This movie gets remade enough as it is, it just gets different names i.e. Insidious, The Conjuring etc.
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