Posted on: September 1st, 2024
Horror properties coming to tv appears to be the in-vogue factor to do in the intervening time. Not solely has Chucky efficiently made the transfer to the small display screen, however we now have tv continuations of Friday the thirteenth, Halloween, and Alien on the way in which.
So, with that in thoughts, we’re delighted to deliver you an replace on a challenge that’s been silent for nearly a yr.
Final Halloween it was introduced that MGM, alongside Amazon Studios and Amblin Tv, can be producing a tv adaption of 1982’s Poltergeist. The supernatural traditional was directed by Tobe Hooper and adopted the Freeling household, who’s daughter Carol-Anne has been kidnapped by sinister forces inside their dwelling.
Starring Jobeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, and Heather O’Rourke, and produced by Steven Spielberg, Poltergeist was a large box-office success. Spawning two sequels and a remake, the collection had been dormant since 2015, till this shocking announcement.
Now, after a substantial interval of ready, the challenge has taken an enormous leap ahead, as two prolific producers have come aboard as showrunners.
Finest identified for her work on Worry the Strolling Lifeless and As soon as Upon a Time, Kalinda Vasquez will take her first stab at helming a present with Poltergeist. Becoming a member of Vasquez can be Robbie Thompson, who has beforehand served as a producer on CW’s Supernatural, and just lately undertook showrunner duties for its spin-off The Winchesters.
While plot particulars stay unknown, it is a appreciable leap ahead for the challenge. Poltergeist final broached tv with Poltergeist: The Legacy, an investigative drama that was unrelated to the movie collection’ mythology. Will this present take an identical route? We’ll let you recognize as quickly as we now have any additional particulars.
