Brendon over at Film Ick and I had been discussing the recent rumours of a Poltergeist remake recently. Obviously, the idea of remaking a film of this calibre seems utterly pointless to us film geeks, but nonetheless, we remained hopefull that it wouldn't be dragged through the dirt like so many other pointless remakes. However, Brendon has pointed out that some comments and quotes have been made claiming that the remake wasn't going ahead. Horror-Movies.ca have claimed that its not happening, citing quotes from reliable insiders.

"…a source who worked on the original film as well as a contact at MGM" are quoted saying -

"there is NO truth to this…it is all bullshit…" 

Ok, so far so good…

then the source apparently approached MGM/SONY to get their take on the new movie that is being made and their response was quote :