The all-female "Ghostbusters" reboot is officially a go. THR first reported the news, which Paul Feig confirmed in a tweet. The director announced that he'll team up with "The Heat" writer Katie Dippold to make the film, which has been rumored about for months. Feig had been in talks to direct the film since August. See the tweet below:
It's official. I'm making a new Ghostbusters & writing it with @katiedippold & yes, it will star hilarious women. That's who I'm gonna call.
— Paul Feig (@paulfeig) October 8, 2014
Feig, who also directed "Bridesmaids" and "The Heat," was Sony's front-runner for the directing gig after Ivan Reitman exited the project in March. In September, Reitman was quoted as saying that Feig was "perfect" for the job: "There were always going to be women involved in the next iteration of 'Ghostbusters.' Paul seems to be the perfect director to sort of bring that about."
While I have absolutely no qualms with an all-female group of Ghostbusters, I still maintain that this property would work better as a weekly cable TV series say on HBO or Showtime rather than just a stand-alone film.
It will also be curious to see who is cast in the leading roles as the lady Ghostbusters. With both Feig and Dippold involved, it seems very likely that Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy (who both Feig and Dippold worked with in the past on "Bridesmaids" and "The Heat") would jump on board without too much fuss. Bill Murray had his own suggestions back in September which included Emma Stone and Linda Cardellini, as well as Wiig and McCarthy. Interestingly, Cardellini also worked with Feig on ABC's "Freaks and Geeks" in 1999, so she appears to be a prime candidate as well.
Stay tuned for more on this story as it unfolds.
