Earlier this week, Bloody Disgusting posted a short synopsis of the movie, which would follow a similar trajectory to the original, focusing this time on the Bowen family (the Freelings were featured in the original) and their young daughter, Madison, who’s abducted by the titular ghosts. Like the original, a team of paranormal investigators would be recruited to help bring Madison home; in the new version, the family matriarch can also communicate with the dead.
But while that summary certainly sounds like a direct remake of the first “Poltergeist†film, Moviehole posted some additional plot details a few days later that seem to indicate the new movie will follow in the footsteps of this year’s “Evil Dead†update -- keeping the name and a few select details of the original while presenting an entirely new plot.
The site says the film will exist in the same universe as the previous “Poltergeist†movies (there were three altogether), and that the Bowen family moves into the Freelings’s former home many years later. There they find abandoned possessions belonging to the family -- including a black-and-white television set -- and come upon some of the same suspicious occurrences that plagued the house’s former owners.
Sam Raimi’s involvement as producer would indicate that the “Evil Dead†trajectory theory isn’t too far off from what filmmakers have in mind. We’ll see what director Gil Kenan (“Monster Houseâ€) has in store soon -- the movie is set to start shooting later this year.
