White, Snowden to script 'Poltergeist'

Stiles White and Juliet Snowden have signed up to write MGM's remake of Poltergeist.

The horror picture, which is based on Tobe Hooper's 1982 classic, is currently looking for a director, reports Variety.

Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais and Mark Victor penned the original film, which spawned two sequels in 1986 and 1988. It starred JoBeth Williams and Craig T. Nelson.

White and Snowden's credits include Knowing, Universal's The Birds remake and Boogeyman.