Gil Kenan has added another face to the roster for his reboot of the 1980's mega-classic Poltergeist. Jane Adams, best known for her role as the frizzy haired pimp in HBO's short-lived Hung, has been cast in the MGM and Fox 2000 reboot.
She will be playing a parapsychologist that is enlisted by the family to help identify the spooky spirits and what they want with them in their home. The role was originally played by Beatrice Straight in the original, so no, she's not taking Zelda Rubinstein's part (if that's what you were thinking).
Gil Kenan (Monster House) is directing, while the cast already boasts Sam Rockwell (Iron Man 2, The Green Mile), Rosemarie DeWitt (Your Sister's Sister) and Jared Harris (AMC's Mad Men, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button).
More news surrounding the Gil Kenan helmed Poltergeist remake has emerged, and it appears that Kenan has snagged Mad Men's own Jared Harris to star in the flick. While Harris is no longer in the ad agency based drama (that I happen to be a ravenous fan of), I am very excited to see him in the world of horror.
Harris will be joining Rosemarie DeWitt, who was cast in July. He is playing Carrigan, "a larger than life TV personality who left the world of academia behind
to become the star host of basic cable TV show Haunted House Cleaners."
The reboot of Tobe Hooper's 1980's supernatural franchise is well on it's way with this juicy piece of news: Sam Rockwell (Iron Man 2, The Green Mile) is being heavily considered to star in the modern re-visioning of Poltergeist.
If he is cast, he will be starring opposite the already confirmed Rosemarie DeWitt. The project is being helmed by director Gil Kenan (Monster House) and is being produced by Sam Raimi and Nathan Kahane.
Not much news other than that has been heading out of the camp, but as I'll be keepin' ya posted as it rolls in.
- Rg Lovecraft
