Fans have had to make do with candidly taken snapshots from the set of the as-yet-untitled Ghostbusters film for months, but they have now been rewarded: the first official photograph from the film has been shared with fan groups on social media.
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Starring Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig, and Leslie Jones, we can not wait to see what’s in store for the Ghostbusting foursome. No, it’s not as nice as “Doe, Ray, Egon!”.
Plot details remain unconfirmed at this stage, but Wiig and McCarthy are reported to be playing “unheralded authors who write a book positing that ghosts are real” and go by the names Erin Gilbert and Abby Bergman.
The all-female roster has been a source for a lot of heated discussion online, but I’ll plainly put myself in the “if it’s good, who cares?” category.
They have big boots to fill: the first two “Ghostbusters”, with Murray, Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and the late Harold Ramis under all that ectoplasmic slime are considered ’80s comedy classics.
Chris Hemsworth will appear in the upcoming film, playing the role of a receptionist, while Saturday Night Live cast member Neil Casey has been cast as the main villain.
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Directed by Paul Feig with a script by Feig and Katie Dippold, Ghostbusters will arrive in theaters on July 22, 2016.
