Sam Rockwell In Early Talks For 'Poltergeist'

Briefly: You can complain about the idea of a remake of Poltergeist, but there's not much bad to say about the cast for the movie so far. Rosemarie DeWitt was the first cast, and now Sam Rockwell is in talks for a role in the remake, says The Wrap. Rockwell is choosing between this and other films, but the site says he's the top choice on MGM and producer Sam Raimi's list, and that Rockwell likes the idea of working with Raimi.Gil Kenan (Monster House) is directing from a script by David Lindsay-Abaire (Oz: The Great and Powerful). The Wrap says Rockwell would be the husband in the Bowen household, with DeWitt playing his wife. Their daughter Madison is "abducted by supernatural forces that trap her in the netherworld between life and death." Based on this report, the story  features the Bowens standing in for the Freelings of the original film, but we still don't know how closely this film will resemble the Tobe Hooper and Steven Spielberg original.