Is Sam Raimi Now Directing The ‘Poltergeist’ Remake?

Need more Sam Raimi directed horror in your life? Well, it appears you may just get what you want. Raimi has been involved with the remake of  Poltergeist for awhile now, but after some initial confusion over what exactly he would be doing iit was confirmed in April that he would only be producing.  Now it appears Raimi may actually be directing the film.

THR spoke with screenwriter David Lindsay-Abaire (Rabbit-Hole) and during this chat Scott Feinberg from THR noted that the Poltergeist remake “will be directed by Sam Raimi.” While the article does not have a direct quote from Lindsay-Abaire, Feinberg wrote on Twitter that:

@hitfixgregory @devincf @drewathitfix Lindsay-Abaire told me that Raimi was directing it. I had never heard of the possibility before that.

— Scott Feinberg (@ScottFeinberg) October 17, 2012

This project was already exiciting with Lindsay-Abaire writing the script and Raimi producing, but if Raimi actually stepped behind the camera to direct? Well, let’s just say this could a remake that surpasses the original…by far. Hopefully we get some form of official announcement soon but for now just thinking about this is exciting.