New Ghostbusters Could Be Women

Bridesmaids director could make reboot
By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff
Posted Aug 4, 2014 9:29 AM CDT
New Ghostbusters Could Be Women
Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, center, and Harold Ramis, right, appear in a scene from the 1984 movie 'Ghostbusters.'   (AP Photo, File)

The next time the world sees the Ghostbusters, the ghoul-fighting team could be made up of women, Variety reports. The plan for the next Ghostbusters movie has been changing constantly, the Sydney Morning Herald notes; this year saw the death of actor Harold Ramis, after which director Ivan Reitman pulled out of the project. Now, Bridesmaids director Paul Feig is in informal talks to direct a female-driven reboot—a separate project from Ghostbusters III, whose future is uncertain, Variety notes. (More Ghostbusters stories.)

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