We have major casting news on a trio of horror genre projects.
As we know, MGM and Fox 2000’s remake of Tobe Hooper’s classic spookfest POLTERGEIST will be led by Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt and Jared Harris. However, the film which began shooting this week in Toronto has a couple of new names included in the supporting cast. ‘Hung’ actress Jane Adams has signed on to play a parapsychologist in the film being directed by MONSTER HOUSE’s Gil Kenan. Also, ‘Touch’s Saxon Sharbino will appear as the oldest child of Rockwell and DeWitt’s haunted Bowen family. POLTERGEIST has a from script by David Lindsay-Abaire with Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert producing via Ghost House Pictures.
Powerhouse producer Joel Silver’s is the man (or rather the money) behind found-footage shocker HOME INVASION, which is being directed by Sean Carter. Bella Thorne is the only name previously attached in the film that follows a family stalked in their own home by two deranged serial-killers. The angle in this effort is that the house has countless hidden cameras helping the owners to survive the night while the psychopaths attempt to hunt them down. ‘Under The Dome‘s Natalie Martinez has taken a lead role as Thorne’s stepmother.
