MUMBAI: Sam Raimi, the filmmaker who got his start with Evil Dead, is all set produce the remake of the 1982 film Poltergeist for MGM. The original was made by Steven Spielberg.
 
It is also clear that Raimi will not direct the remake but will help oversee the search for a helmer. David Lindsay-Abaire, who had earlier worked on Disney‘s Oz: The Great and Powerful for the producer will write the script that focuses on a family whose house was built on a holy site and their daughter is abducted by the ghosts.
 
The remake of Poltergeist is one of the two horror remakes on which MGM is in active development, the other being Carrie.

Raimi is currently producing a remake of his Evil Dead that is being directed by Fede Alvarez. The film is scheduled to release on 12 April 12.