Sam Raimi Being Lined Up to Direct MGM’s Remake of ‘Poltergeist’?

Director Sam Raimi is one of the most well-loved geek filmmakers working today. His low-budget Evil Dead films put a new spin on horror movies back in the early 80s and had a massive influence on the genre, and if you’ve seen The Cabin in the Woods, you know that his work still influences directors today. Raimi dove into the superhero genre for a while, but returned to his horror roots with the spectacular Drag Me To Hell in 2009. Now he’s producing an Evil Dead remake, and according to a recent Reddit thread (via Movies.com), Raimi is in talks to direct a remake of Tobe Hooper’s 1982 classic, Poltergeist. Read on! MGM CEO Roger Birnbaum spoke at the University of Denver and told students about his plans for rejuvenating the classic series, and he mentioned Raimi as someone he’d like to see in the director’s chair. The idea of a …