We are now nearly ten years removed from the most recent installment in the Poltergeist franchise, with the Gil Kenan-directed remake released way back in 2015. That film failed to make a splash of any kind, coming along in the wake of two sequels and a 4-season TV series.
So what’s going on with the Poltergeist franchise? Amazon, you may recall, recently acquired MGM, and it looks like Amazon is interested in bringing the horror franchise back to life.
During this week’s episode of The Hot Mic, co-hosted by John Rocha, reliable entertainment journalist Jeff Sneider shared what he has heard about Amazon’s plans for Poltergeist, naming the franchise as one of several MGM properties that Amazon is looking to “prioritize.”
Sneider notes that the Poltergeist situation is “complicated by the fact that Spielberg would likely need to be involved.” Spielberg of course produced the original 1982 horror classic.
“All this stuff is so up in the air,” Sneider makes sure to note. “[Amazon is] still figuring out, ‘What do we have here in MGM, what do we want to do with it, and how do we want to do it?'”
Stay tuned for more on Poltergeist as we learn it.