In the second casting update today for MGM and Fox 2000’s Poltergeist reboot, we’ve learned that the young star of The Following, Kyle Catlett has decided to go into the light and sign on for the film. As reported earlier today, Catlett will join Jared Harris on the project.
According to Variety, “The Following” actor Kyle Catlett is looking to go from being terrorized by serial killers to being spooked by ghosts in MGM’s reboot of “Poltergeist.”
Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt and Jared Harris are already set to star, with Gil Kenan directing. David Lindsay-Abaire is penning the script.
Plot Synopsis
Gil Kenan (Monster House) directs from a screenplay by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer David Lindsay-Abaire (Oz: The Great and Powerful). The film is produced by Sam Raimi (Evil Dead) and Rob Tapert (The Possession) via Ghost House Pictures along with Roy Lee (The Strangers). Nathan Kahane (The Grudge) serves as executive producer.
In a revisionist take on the classic horror film, a family struggling to make ends meet relocates to an outdated suburban home and is confronted by an angry spirit who kidnaps their youngest daughter and challenges them to band together to rescue her from the clutches of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.
