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What with MGM and Fox 2000′s remake of Poltergeist officially on the cards, we have yet more casting news for you guys, and this one has a Sherlock Holmes connection. Read on for more below and let us know what you think?
According to Deadline, Jared Harris (pictured right; Sherlock Holmes, The Ward) has been cast in the upcoming remake of Tobe Hooper’s classic 1982 flick Poltergeist.
In the remake, Harris “will play 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.”
Gil Kenan will direct the film, which also stars Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt, and Kyle Catlett.
Synopsis: In a revisionist take on the classic horror film, a family struggling to make ends meet relocates to an outdated suburban home and is confronted by an angry spirit who kidnaps their youngest daughter and challenges them to band together to rescue her from the clutches of evil.
