Shortly after confirming who will likely be in his reboot of Ghostbusters, director Paul Feig and Sony announced that they have already scheduled the film. They hope to get it out in summer 2016.
Earlier on Tuesday, Feig tweeted out pictures of Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig and current Saturday Night Live stars Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones. While he didn’t add a caption to the photos, it was later reported that all four are in talks with Sony to join the cast.
A few hours later, Feig tweeted that the new movie will open on July 22, 2016. According to the Box Office Mojo schedule, other films set to open on that day include Warner Bros.’ King Arthur and Lionsgate’s Power Rangers reboot.
The new Ghostbusters movie follows years of development hell for a third Ghostbusters movie. Eventually, Sony decided to just reboot the iconic franchise, with original director Ivan Reitman set to produce. Reitman was going to direct, but decided not to after Harold Ramis’ death.
Feig is writing the script with Katie Dippold, who also worked on The Heat, which starred McCarthy.
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