Bridesmaids duo Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy are to reunite for an all-female Ghostbusters remake.
The film’s director Paul Feig announced the news via Twitter while revealing that Saturday Night Live stars Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon will also feature.
— Paul Feig (@paulfeig) January 27, 2015
The film is due for release on July 22nd, 2016 and after seeing this stellar cast, we’re VERY excited.
In other news, #Ghostbusters will be hitting theaters July 22, 2016. Save the date!
— Paul Feig (@paulfeig) January 28, 2015
Directed by Ivan Reitman, the original 1984 film starred Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson and it was followed by Ghostbusters II five years later.
Feig, who directed Bridesmaids and The Heat, recently spoke to Entertainment Weekly: “Ghostbusters is such a great thing and everybody knows it.
“It’s a shame to just let this thing sit there. My favourite thing to do is work with funny women. I was like, what if it was an all female cast? That would be really fun” said Feig.
