Sam Raimi is boarding MGM’s Poltergeist as a producer.
The filmmaker, who got his start with the Evil Dead horror movies, will produce the remake of the 1982 with Nathan Kahane and Roy Lee.
Despite some reports, Raimi is not directing the remake, but will help oversee the search for a helmer.
David Lindsay-Abaire, who worked on Disney's Oz: The Great and Powerful for Raimi, is working on the script, which focuses on a family whose house was built on a holy site and whosedaughter is taken by ghosts.
The movie is one of two horror remakes on which MGM is in active development, the other being a redo of Carrie. Julianne Moore is circling the role of the mother opposite Chloe Moretz.
Raimi is currently producing a remake of his Evil Dead. Fede Alvarez is directing the pic which will be released by TriStar April 12, 2013.
